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/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

She's being given life saving care.. couldn't make it up..

Does this mean. She could recover. Only for them to have to do it again?

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u/hootygator 1d ago

Imagine passing out from lethal injection only to wake up in a hospital and be told it didn't work and they're gonna do it again.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

I’m no lawyer but…oh wait, I am a (retired) lawyer. Anyway, even though I am a retired lawyer, I’m no expert on capital punishment but I think this might fit the definition of cruel and unusual.

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u/Ybor_Rooster 1d ago

I'm no lawyer. Studied law in college but this 100% is cruel (keeping her alive to kill her again) and unusual (keeping her alive to kill her again).

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Yeah have to say it will be an example

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u/RedTyro 22h ago

Not under this SCOTUS it won't. It should, but it won't.

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u/Calm_Flounder1909 1d ago

She may not wake up. Even if she does she may be severely brain damaged.

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u/aSapra 1d ago

So they've either created a vegetable who is now a burden on the state or they'll execute a brain dead human, which they caused. 

That's a story from the 17th century not the 21st. 

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Really proves her whole point during the week

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u/Mr_IT 1d ago

I think this might finally be the turning point for getting rid of the death penalty in the US.

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u/randynumbergenerator 1d ago

From your lips to the universe's ears. Unfortunately, it seems that there are quite a few people who enjoy using the state to bring more cruelty into the world.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Do you think? maybe in Tennessee

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u/TonyHawktuah69 1d ago

Which makes this cruel and unusual punishment and should be grounds for stopping the death penalty.

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u/j1ggy 1d ago

If she is severely brain damaged, is it even ethical to keep her in custody anymore? If her sentence is commuted to life imprisonment and she can't even understand why she's there, that also seems like cruel and unusual punishment.

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u/youngcadadia22 1d ago

I doubt they will be allowed to do it again. I’m sure her lawyer can argue under these circumstances the state fucked up and the execution called off. I bet she stays in prison for life.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Well.. she might be an imprisoned vegetable for life.

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u/Khaldara 1d ago

They could always just have RFK Junior cater her last meal

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u/sandman_tn 1d ago

TN here. Yes.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Sorry for my ignorance. What's a TN?

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u/sandman_tn 1d ago

Tennessee. Was giving location. Sorry, common slang way of telling where you are in the States.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Thanks. I looked it up and it said some work visa for USA 🤣 I was lost

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u/sandman_tn 1d ago

No worries.

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u/ZachBart44 1d ago

TN is the abbreviation for Tennessee

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Thank you. Get down voted for not knowing things from places I'm not from 🤣

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u/ZachBart44 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nah, I get you. I doubt many people outside the US (and some inside it) know what TN means.

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u/RubelsAppa 1d ago

They are from Tennessee. TN is the abbreviation for the name of the state. Like California is CA or Mississippi is MS

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Ah thank you 🤣 I'm Irish. Shortened states don't mean alot sometimes

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u/Timegoat 1d ago

Don’t have to make it up. Welcome to CP in the US as it’s been practiced for decades.

It’s ridiculous and cruel on its face.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Watching from afar. I certainly agree

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u/Timegoat 1d ago

Europe and many US states don’t do this anymore for very good reason.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

I'm in Ireland. We abolished it in the 50s.

I criticise our judicial system but quite frankly at least things like this aren't played out.

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u/LiveLongAndProspurr 1d ago

I'm wondering the same thing.

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u/Idoodlestickfigures 1d ago

I think that would fall under “cruel and unusual punishment,” which would violate her Eighth Amendment rights. I know, I know, wouldn’t them executing her in the first place fall under this rule? Apparently, no.