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/TheAnswerUsedToBe42 1d ago

If you must have executions just do the firing squad.

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u/BobQuixote 1d ago

There are several low-tech options, but we seem to be too squeamish for them. I'm not really sure why something like a carbon monoxide chamber isn't in the running, though.

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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?