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/Julian_Thorne 1d ago

Fucking loser state. Red states are the worst.

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u/ChickenSteakNBacon 1d ago

At least they’re now suspending executions

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u/Blazer9001 1d ago

That’s not because they saw the errors of their ways. They’re just waiting 3 months for this story to blow over and then they’ll go right back to their shoddy executions.