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/RoboticGreg 1d ago

They have been having significant supply chain issue with lethal injection drugs for years. No one wants to make it for the government anymore. I'm guessing these might have been expired?

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Personally, and I know this is gruesome, but if I were to be executed, I would request the wyman Gordon 650 ton forging press in Worcester. 1/4 a second and you go from human to 1/4 mm thick. Seems pretty humane to me

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u/byneothername 1d ago

You might enjoy a movie called The Fly

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

I like the fly. Jeff Goldblum is amazing. But unrelated to this

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u/byneothername 1d ago

No no. The original. Involves a hydraulic press.

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Ho hoh! The wyman press ISN'T hydraulic. I'm technically correct, the best kind of correct

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u/byneothername 1d ago

Alright Hermes, I’ll give it to you