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Christa Pike Granted All-Female Execution Team Before Botched Lethal Injection
Breitbart ^ | Oct. 1, 2026 | Alana Mastrangelo

Posted on 10/01/2026 9:55:00 PM PDT by chickenlips

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike — who is now in the hospital after a botched execution — was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.

“What I saw was consistent with that,” Randy Spivey said in response to a question about whether the execution staff was made up solely of women, according to a report by the New York Post.

Pike, who was supposed to become the first woman to be put to death in Tennessee since 1819, has instead become the first woman to survive lethal injection drugs during an execution attempt

In the hours after the failed execution, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) released a statement saying he has ordered “a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred.”

Stephen Ferrell, another of Pike’s lawyers, noted that the drugs may have been injected into the muscle of Pike’s arm instead of a vein.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: allfemale; botched; execution; incompetence; pike

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Pike got her wish and the results were predictable.
1 posted on 10/01/2026 9:55:00 PM PDT by chickenlips
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To: chickenlips

Just use nitrogen gas, simple, quick and painless.

The Swiss made a machine called the Sarc which allows you to do it yourself.


2 posted on 10/01/2026 9:58:19 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Tthe trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

TN failed - now they should have to let her go free.


3 posted on 10/01/2026 10:09:31 PM PDT by Gasshog (FR =totfally unforgiving to those that neglect to Proofread.)
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To: chickenlips

Even I, for all of my “crazy byatches + social media = societal destruction” posts years ago could never imagine how bad it would be today. Women are going to be allowed to get away with whatever they want.


4 posted on 10/01/2026 10:11:50 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 )
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To: Gasshog

Like she let her victim go free?

Even with this she has yet to suffer anything near what her victim went through.


5 posted on 10/01/2026 10:13:46 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians )
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To: Gasshog

After what happened its time to let her die naturally injail. I’m for the death penalty but they had their chance and blew it.


6 posted on 10/01/2026 10:15:54 PM PDT by factmart ( )
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To: chickenlips

I am of the mind that doctors should not be executioners. For that reason I do not care for lethal injection.

Executioners, flipping electric chair switches, opening the floor of the criminal with a noose around his neck, being part of a squad shooting at the heart.

Keep ‘em separate.


7 posted on 10/01/2026 10:18:01 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: factmart

After what happened its time to let her die naturally in jail. I’m for the death penalty but they had their chance and blew it.

Fair enuf. My post was a bit, unfeasible.


8 posted on 10/01/2026 10:21:04 PM PDT by Gasshog (FR =totfally unforgiving to those that neglect to Proofread.)
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To: chickenlips

from Tn to Mass, women are shown to be
absolutely incompetent in Justice, and should be
shown the door with Islamists who keep
them separate, in wraps, and slavery by
the time they are teens.


9 posted on 10/01/2026 10:26:47 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Gasshog

There’s a better than average chance she suffered significant brain damage during the attempt. If that’s true her life is basically over anyhow. But the state will be on the hook for her continued healthcare going forward.

CC


10 posted on 10/01/2026 10:39:05 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Gasshog

The last guy this happed to in Tennessee, Carruthers back in March, got a year reprieve from the governor. If this woman survives with her mind intact, she might get the same thing. If not, the state will have to nurse her the rest of her life.


11 posted on 10/01/2026 10:48:28 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Celtic Conservative
But the state will be on the hook for her continued healthcare going forward.

In other words, taxpayers (us). Same for costs of incarceration if she is allowed to live. The notion that she should be given a pass for a botched execution is nonsense, like saying that a faulty lock on a jail cell means a prisoner should be allowed to walk out.

12 posted on 10/01/2026 10:49:29 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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Did they conspire to use saline instead?


13 posted on 10/01/2026 11:14:21 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: chickenlips

DEI = NO DIE


14 posted on 10/01/2026 11:15:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: chickenlips

Norm McDonald would have had a ball with this one.


15 posted on 10/01/2026 11:16:20 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: chickenlips

Phenobarbital?

Why the F not Pentobarbital

Much stronger

Media blackout in the womyn

How stupid stupid stupid


16 posted on 10/01/2026 11:24:46 PM PDT by wardaddy (We need a Thermidorian reply )
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To: chickenlips

What she did she merits death

Period

Only cause she’s a frigging woman

I’m getting fatigue over women and excuses

Equality my ass


17 posted on 10/01/2026 11:26:47 PM PDT by wardaddy (We need a Thermidorian reply )
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To: chickenlips

Did any of the execution staff have Adam’s apples and identify as women?


18 posted on 10/01/2026 11:36:08 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: Jeff Chandler
Norm was asked by some famous comedian early on in Norm's career if he liked dogs.

“No - not particularly.”

“Well, so many of your jokes are about dogs.”

“That's because lots of people have dogs and they'll laugh.”

“No man, you have to write jokes about something YOU like, and what makes YOU laugh.”

Norm: “Yeah, so that's why I do a lot of jokes about death now.”

19 posted on 10/01/2026 11:38:30 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: chickenlips

Things women can’t do: Driving, math, baiting a hook, and today’s addition, executions.


20 posted on 10/02/2026 12:35:56 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christians, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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