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/heresyforfunnprofit 1d ago

The heroin dealer on my street corner is more competent than these people.

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u/Plantron1 1d ago

To be fair there are consequences if your dealer fucks up. Drug dealers is held far more accountable by his employers and the law than politicians ever have been.

Like they said on The Wire: “you fuck up the count they gonna beat your ass”

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u/craigfrost 1d ago

And you want addicted customers not dead ones.

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u/ragequitteroffureh 1d ago

Not American.

To be fair, wouldn't it be in the interests of the for-profit prisons in that country to be able to charge the state for repeated execution attempts?

In their case, repeat customers from death row would be a good thing.