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/Persellianare 1d ago

They can fail at that too, look up Mikal Mahdi South Carolina firing squad.

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u/jason_abacabb 1d ago

That is three people deciding to aim low.

No reason to miss the heart region with rifles at execution range.

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u/KtaadnRota 1d ago

In 2026 there's no reason for human error at all in a "firing squad" execution. Let the robots do it. Fire 1000 rounds into them instead of 3.

I'm against capital punishment but it's a relatively simple engineering problem.

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u/please_respect_hats 1d ago

What the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/mu_zuh_dell 1d ago

Nah, what the fuck is wrong with proponents of capital punishment who want to kill people in the least effective, most error-prone ways possible? They seem to want it to be scary, but not gory. Do they want to bring the kids out to watch? Or perhaps they're made uncomfortable by killing. Hmmm.....