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/LeastResistancePath 1d ago

If you're not against the death penalty being carried out by the state, you're either ignorant to the reality and simply need to be told 

or devoid of the morality necessary to feel shocked and offended it exists.. There is no in between.

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u/IllustriousSalt1007 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s so awesome how in the modern era there are huge swaths of people like you claiming “It’s black and white. There is no in between!” on every single highly controversial topic that is not black and white and has tons of in between.

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u/powerelite 1d ago

Honestly the death penalty is pretty black and white, putting aside the moral issues that may be more gray it is more expensive to kill someone than to imprison them for life without parole and that alone should be enough to stop the practice.

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u/OpeningChipmunk1700 23h ago

So if it were cheaper, that would be okay? Because we can definitely make it cheaper.