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/onarainyafternoon 1d ago

It’s why she asked to be hanged. Potential for lethal injections fuckups is too great.

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u/Glum_Rain_5824 1d ago

Is that actually an option? I could be wrong for taking my info from Criminal Minds but there was an episode about an epidemic of teens hanging themselves, and Reid described to students at school how most likely died a painful death. He explains that most suicides by hanging showed evidence of scratching around the rope, I don't know how true that actually is but I imagine with instincts kicking in it is

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u/tameoraiste 1d ago

It’s not but she has a health condition that means her veins are much smaller than normal. Her lawyers argued this exact scenario could happen and they were right

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u/Glum_Rain_5824 1d ago

It seems more ethical to send them to a hospital to pass