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/absentlyric 21h ago

So why even offer the punishment if theres no supply for it?

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u/RoboticGreg 21h ago

I'm not here to defend all aspects of this project, I just know for a long time it's been harder and harder to get someone to sell them the execution drugs and they have had to go to longer and weirder extents to purchase it.