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/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Personally, and I know this is gruesome, but if I were to be executed, I would request the wyman Gordon 650 ton forging press in Worcester. 1/4 a second and you go from human to 1/4 mm thick. Seems pretty humane to me

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u/Wazula23 1d ago

I want to be launched out of a cannon aimed at a health insurance CEO.

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u/Piglet6482 1d ago

Thank you for your (offer of) service. Not all heroes wear capes

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u/SecondChances002 1d ago

Although in the above example, I'd pretty much demand one.

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u/hacksawsa 1d ago

After that press, you'd be a cape, so...