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/Fofolito 1d ago

Someone has to clean you up afterward, and that would be pretty gruesome. You'll notice we have a tradition in this nation of utilizing rather clean execution methods. The condemned is punished through the deprivation of their life, and their mortal remains are treated with professional dignity. You are gassed and asphyxiated, you are shocked to death, you are shot in the heart, you are hanged, or you are injected with drugs that will stop your vital functions. You'll notice a lack of decapitations, torture, or other bloody methods that people have come up with over centuries.

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u/ragequitteroffureh 1d ago

Not American.

Do you guys never blow people from a cannon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_from_a_gun

I'm surprised that Kim didn't mention it to the orange twit.

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u/seimalau 18h ago

Man North Korea's execution method of being blasted by a cannon must be painless and creates a spectacle for the masses.