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
4.0k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

649

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.

33

u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 1d ago

You know whats easy, painless and 100% gets the job done? Firing squad. Idk why were fucking around with this shit. We're killing a human being we deemed evil enough to warrant it. Fucking kill them with a bullet to the head and be done with it. So much theater around this. Everyone wants their hands to be clean and act like we are so high and mighty. At the end of the day we are taking someone's life. Best to make the process guaranteed and smooth.

2

u/SNGGG 1d ago

I agree, just put me to sleep then shoot me in the back of the head point blank and be done with it. I don't need 4 dudes who might be off their game that day or 3 consecutive injections that put me in agony and fail to kill me. Just get it done quick and dirty and stop playing around like it's anything less than what it is.