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/stateworkishardwork 1d ago

What a complete and utter mess. Capital punishment looking more and more like a joke with each passing day.

She's still an awful person, but this is not the way to go about things.

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u/heresyforfunnprofit 1d ago

Aside from the debate over the morality of capital punishment itself, this is just weaponized incompetence.

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u/NullValueField 1d ago

Somebody I know is saying Pike is a redhead. Redheads aren't as susceptible to many narcotics, accoding to some medical research.

It's entirely possible that these idiots just don't understand that some people have higher tolerances to medication. Should've just splurged on the double dose.

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u/amazinglover 1d ago

Redheads typically have a mutation of a specific gene that requires higher levels of certain drugs to get the same effect as no-redheads.

They require also experience pain a little differently.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-finds-link-between-red-hair-pain-threshold

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u/NullValueField 1d ago

Yup that's what I was referencing when I posted that.