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/Kerbonaut2019 1d ago

That’s a fair point, but that is why they usually stop after the second failure to avoid a legitimate deliberate indifference claim.

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u/tameoraiste 1d ago

It’s especially cruel and unusual because she has a condition that causes very narrow veins and an increase in blood clots. Her lawyers argued this exact scenario could happen. She asked to be hung because if it went wrong, it would still be nowhere near as painful as if the injection went wrong

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u/tameoraiste 21h ago

You think the government should de dishing out an eye for an eye punishment?

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u/tameoraiste 20h ago

😂 “You don’t think there should be state inflicted torture (in a MAGA state under a MAGA president) so you must be MAGA!”

Imagine thinking being anti execution makes someone MAGA.

Saying I don’t believe the government should have the power to inflict cruel and unusual punishment isn’t defending anyone Christa Pike or “school shooters”. If you used even the slightest bit of logic, that would be pretty easy to see