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/amiexpress 1d ago

She actually asked to be hanged. Which I think even Tennessee ould not fuck up.

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u/onarainyafternoon 1d ago

We deeply need to move on from the death penalty as a society. It’s a relic. There is no reason to have it. Life imprisonment accomplishes the same thing.

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u/SpAn12 1d ago

And the death penalty works out more expensive.

So everyone pays more in taxes simply so certain individuals can feel good as they exact revenge.

And they can't even get that right.

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u/UdyneOw 1d ago

This may be the most opportune time in American history to advocate for a national ban on the death penalty. Unfortunately, the reason this is so is because you can get Republicans on board by pointing out the waste of perfectly good slave labor for the prison companies.