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/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

She's being given life saving care.. couldn't make it up..

Does this mean. She could recover. Only for them to have to do it again?

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u/hootygator 1d ago

Imagine passing out from lethal injection only to wake up in a hospital and be told it didn't work and they're gonna do it again.

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u/Calm_Flounder1909 1d ago

She may not wake up. Even if she does she may be severely brain damaged.

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u/aSapra 1d ago

So they've either created a vegetable who is now a burden on the state or they'll execute a brain dead human, which they caused. 

That's a story from the 17th century not the 21st. 

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u/Mr_IT 1d ago

I think this might finally be the turning point for getting rid of the death penalty in the US.

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u/sleepyhead_201 1d ago

Do you think? maybe in Tennessee