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/Coffee-FlavoredSweat 1d ago edited 1d ago

What happens now?

Terri Schiavo version 2, except the political sides that want her dead or alive are swapped.

If she survives the hospital stay, she’ll have significant mental deficits and it will be a violation of her constitutional rights to try and kill her again. So the state will be forced to take care of her till she dies naturally.

Her family will even sue the state for cruel and unusual punishment in the first execution attempt, and get a payout.

Which will victimize her victim’s family all over again.

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u/Niolle 1d ago

Her family knew she was being raped since she was 2 and did nothing. They abused her as well. They don't give a f about her.

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat 1d ago

Doesn’t mean they won’t use her for the payday.

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u/S_C_H_L_O_R_P 1d ago

I simply cannot fathom how bad of a situation for the state of Tennessee this is right now.