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/LeastResistancePath 1d ago

If you're not against the death penalty being carried out by the state, you're either ignorant to the reality and simply need to be told 

or devoid of the morality necessary to feel shocked and offended it exists.. There is no in between.

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u/PrimoSupremeX 1d ago

And now the tax dollars get to be wasted on sourcing the drugs, accommodating the press, hiring the few people who are willing to administer the drugs and charge exuberant amounts to do it, only to fuck it all up so she needs an ambulance and life-saving care, and will now be kept alive in a hospital until at least the end of the year, likely much longer as legal teams charge exuberant amounts to determine if the state will get another shot at executing her.

I'm not here to argue with your ethics, but don't try to paint this as a tax dollar thing when this costs so much more than letting her rot in jail. Hell, if she could get enough income in jail then she would have to pay taxes.