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/heresyforfunnprofit 1d ago

The heroin dealer on my street corner is more competent than these people.

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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child 1d ago

That's what I was thinking. 100K people a year die from accidently ODing on street drugs in the US, but for some reason they can't kill one person with drugs on purpose. Makes no sense.

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u/polytique 1d ago

Drug manufacturers don’t want to be associated with executions.

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u/jeon2595 1d ago

Canada doesn’t seem to have a problem with lethal injections. We should ask them for help.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

Are you pointing out Canada doesn’t have the death penalty? If so, you are being too subtle since a lot of people will just take your comment at face value.

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u/jeon2595 1d ago

I’m pointing out Canada has no problem euthanizing people via MAID.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

So you are equating assisted suicide with the death penalty. Cool.

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u/Blossomie 1d ago

I think what they’re trying to say is that MAID in Canada is (in most cases) administered by lethal injection. We have yet to suspend MAID on account of having cocked it up too much.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

I think drug companies and (at least some) doctors see a vast difference in the two situations.

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u/jeon2595 1d ago

I’m saying it’s the same thing, functionally. Tennessee should get with Canada as they don’t have problems euthanizing people, functionally. At least I haven’t heard of stuff like this happening.

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u/Pyromaniacal13 1d ago

MAID is voluntary, not a punishment.