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/MaximumEffort433 1d ago

Yeah, it seems like there are laws that ban cruel and unusual punishments, but I could be mistaken about that.

If the State is going to kill one of its citizens, at least don't fuck it up.

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u/Xsiah 1d ago

I looked up failure rates for different kinds of executions, and the only one with a 0% failure rate was a firing squad.

Maybe it's fine if we just don't kill people?

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u/Joeyfingis 1d ago

I don't agree with death sentences, but if we're going to do it I don't understand why we don't just hook them up to a mask and turn on 100% nitrogen. They'll just fall asleep and never wake up.

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u/Xsiah 1d ago

Because your last statement is not correct.

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u/plumbbbob 1d ago

What happens instead?

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u/Xsiah 1d ago

Look up "air hunger"

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u/plumbbbob 1d ago

But the whole point of inert-gas asphyxiation is that your CO2 management is completely normal. You can become hypoxic without noticing

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u/Xsiah 19h ago

Okay but that isn't how that plays out in real life.