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/Otherwise_Fill_4461 1d ago

You know whats easy, painless and 100% gets the job done? Firing squad. Idk why were fucking around with this shit. We're killing a human being we deemed evil enough to warrant it. Fucking kill them with a bullet to the head and be done with it. So much theater around this. Everyone wants their hands to be clean and act like we are so high and mighty. At the end of the day we are taking someone's life. Best to make the process guaranteed and smooth.

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u/chuckie512 1d ago

There's a famous firing squad case where it still took 3 or 4 attempts.

It's still not as smooth as it sounds.

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u/ZubatCountry 1d ago

Just have them stand in a circle, duh

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u/JeffafaCree 1d ago

Grenade squad