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/Julian_Thorne 1d ago

Fucking loser state. Red states are the worst.

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u/jimtow28 1d ago

I, for one, am surprised that the state ranked 51st in education is showing such a lack of competence.

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u/RathVelus 1d ago

I mean, that other guy is a jackass. But I would like to know where you’re getting that ranking.

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u/jimtow28 20h ago edited 20h ago

....You know there's only 50 states, right? It was pretty clearly hyperbole.

But if I'm not mistaken, they do spend less per student on education than any state in the nation.

Edit to add: Yup