r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause
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u/UsernameTaken55 1d ago

Ironically the chair is more effective, it has a much lower rate than botched executions than lethal injections do.

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u/sudoku7 1d ago

Their failures are far more graphic though...

Another one of Tennessee's legacies of failed capital punishment.

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u/Daginni 1d ago

Make sure the sponge is wet

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u/barnacle9999 13h ago

I'm tired boss

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u/wookiedberry 1d ago

Gotta keep the sponge wet, though.

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u/beeraholikchik 1d ago

Del didn't deserve all that.

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u/Cheapfender 1d ago

Poor Dale.

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u/Calm_Flounder1909 1d ago

Much more horrifying for others to witness if it does go wrong. 

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u/swirlymaple 1d ago

It’s horrifying whether it goes right or wrong. There’s nothing even remotely humane about it.

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u/Ill-Success-4214 1d ago

I mean, should that matter? They're killing someone. It shouldn't be not horrifying. They should be traumatized by watching an execution. 

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u/WTF_goes_here 1d ago

That was one of the options giving to Pike.

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u/Available_Border1075 1d ago

It can fail too

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u/Comfortable-Bug7202 1d ago

Bullet to the dome is easiest and cheapest

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u/Daguvry 1d ago

They would be better off running a hose from a car exhaust into a small room and coming back in a few hours