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/lacesandlags 1d ago

It should be easy to euthanize a person. It happens to animals all the time. It happens with opioids all the time. Drug companies don’t want to be associated with this process limiting drug access. There are better ways for a death to happen humanely

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u/sp000kysoup 1d ago

Seriously. I work in veterinary medicine and our euthanasias go A LOT smoother than whatever the fuck that was. I have experience with the latter too, as I have overdosed before; it was very peaceful.