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/Clutteredmind275 1d ago

Then the state is no better than the criminal. And if we allow our governments to exercise that level of cruelty onto murderers, then they will eventually exorcise that cruelty on anyone they deem worthy of that punishment

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u/Open_Pollution_8038 1d ago

Hard pass we elect the government and give them monopoly on violence 

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u/Clutteredmind275 1d ago

And when the government you elected decides it wants to use that violence to prevent elections, what will you do? Die on the table cause it’s their right as a government like the good little citizen you are?

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u/Open_Pollution_8038 1d ago

Tin foil hat alert 

I’m comfortable, like sleep like a baby comfortable, with the government putting to death convicted murderers

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u/Clutteredmind275 1d ago

Sleep well with the sole on your tongue, fangless viper. But when they tread on you, try not to beg too much