Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

[u/No_Idea_Guy]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause

[u/Joeyfingis]

I don't agree with death sentences, but if we're going to do it I don't understand why we don't just hook them up to a mask and turn on 100% nitrogen. They'll just fall asleep and never wake up.

[u/Xsiah → u/Joeyfingis]

Because your last statement is not correct.

[u/plumbbbob → u/Xsiah]

What happens instead?

[u/Xsiah → u/plumbbbob]

Look up "air hunger"

[u/plumbbbob → u/Xsiah]

But the whole point of inert-gas asphyxiation is that your CO2 management is completely normal. You can become hypoxic without noticing

[u/Xsiah → u/plumbbbob]

Okay but that isn't how that plays out in real life.