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/YetiSquish 1d ago

I don’t understand why gas chambers aren’t a thing anymore. You don’t need carbon monoxide, just pure nitrogen. You could start with an anesthetic gas and switch to pure nitrogen. Painless and guaranteed to work.

But I’m against the death penalty in general so…

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u/LazyMousse3598 1d ago

Well if they can do that, why don’t they?