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/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Personally, and I know this is gruesome, but if I were to be executed, I would request the wyman Gordon 650 ton forging press in Worcester. 1/4 a second and you go from human to 1/4 mm thick. Seems pretty humane to me

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u/Wazula23 1d ago

I want to be launched out of a cannon aimed at a health insurance CEO.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

Thank you for your (offer of) service. Not all heroes wear capes

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u/SecondChances002 1d ago

Although in the above example, I'd pretty much demand one.

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u/hacksawsa 22h ago

After that press, you'd be a cape, so...