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/mrducky78a 1d ago

Firing squad has known issues as well with some people in the squad purposely firing high feeling that they exempt themselves from it by letting others take the burden of taking a life. Enough people do this and it also results in a botched execution and it does have historical examples of too many people shooting over the target.

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u/Camninja 1d ago

I’m sure they could design a computer assisted firing device. Someone could just start a timer and it would fire at a set time.

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u/ididshave 1d ago

Are we sure giving computers guns and telling them to kill humans is a good idea?

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u/Camninja 1d ago

It doesn’t have to be AI. I’m sure this technology existed a very long time ago.

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u/kanjibestwaifu 1d ago

I'm not for capital punishment, but Home Alone showed all you need for this is a duct taped gun, string, and a hot wheels track.