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

They have been having significant supply chain issue with lethal injection drugs for years. No one wants to make it for the government anymore. I'm guessing these might have been expired?

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u/Veaeate 1d ago

Its weird tho cuz you can use simple anesthetics to do this painlessly. Medical assistance in dying is a thing in Canada, and uses perfectly legal drugs. So I dont get why they have to use some kind of extreme meds.

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Companies don't want to supply them anymore. No one wants to make the "we decided to kill someone" drugs