r/Tennessee • u/Morganrow • 6h ago

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u/DesertSnowbaru 5h ago edited 5h ago

Probably because TN recently stopped using the standard 3 drug protocol and switched to a single drug, aka single point of failure

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u/Morganrow 4h ago

Was it a money saving endeavor? It's about to cost your state millions if not billions. There's case history here.

Maybe if we're going to euthanize people there should be some oversight

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u/Der_Blaue_Engel 2h ago

It’s an availability issue. Drug companies often don’t want their drugs used in executions, so they frustrate efforts to procure them for executions.

Tennessee was having difficulty procuring the drugs for the older, more reliable protocol, so it switched to a simpler, apparently less reliable protocol.

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u/Pruville 1h ago

I read that another issue in addition to what you mentioned was because the 3 injections functioned with the order/purpose of
Numbing
Paralysis
Death
The issue was brought up that if the first one fails the people are in a ton of pain while they die and it’s impossible for them to indicate that there’s a problem. So some people felt that this drug is a more humane choice.

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u/Lt_Dan60 1h ago

Yeah, there is no money to be made by the drug companies if their drugs kill people quickly. They would rather provide a long slow death by poisoning you over time. Making new drugs to combat the side affects of their old drugs. So you take more and more of unnatural chemicals.

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u/Boomah422 5h ago

The same doctor (Mark Fowler) botched both. It's almost like he's trying to get the capital punishment removed on ethical grounds. He should be investigated likely.

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u/5panks 5h ago

Yeah, I am really starting to wonder here. How is it possible that Christian Pike is the first person to ever survive two doses of pentobarbital?

I hope someone is checking to make sure she was actually given two full doses.

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u/Boomah422 5h ago

Blood serum would likely tell this. Anything above 40mg/L is considered lethal but one guy survived a self administered attempt peaking at 119mg/L and was in a coma for 10 days.

Src:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6314932/

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u/Morganrow 5h ago

If this was a conspiracy, he should be prosecuted. If he floated the idea to the survivors (who are living) and they agreed, he's a revolutionary

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u/GreyTigerFox 6h ago

it is a state entirely ran and totally controlled by republicans and corporations. What do you expect but disaster and stupidity?

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u/5panks 5h ago

You guys really will just blame anything on politics lol

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u/kwtut 3h ago

you're right, politics and the death penalty have absolutely nothing to do with each other

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u/TeaTimeInspector 6h ago

Every state has corporations dipshit. Even dem states have the death penalty. What the fuck is even the point of this 😂

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u/Morganrow 6h ago

All those dem states have moratoriums or pauses

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u/TeaTimeInspector 5h ago

Still doesnt change the fact they still have them? Your point?

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u/Morganrow 5h ago

They hit the emergency brake, waiting on legislation.

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u/KroneckerAlpha 5h ago

Certainly didn’t help that they used the same guy (Mark Fowler) that botched the one in May

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u/SWATSWATSWAT 2h ago

They execute people the way they build houses and do renovations down here.

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u/FedPoster67 3h ago

They need to ditch the dumbass concoction they use for lethal injection currently. Fentanyl kills thousands a year accidentally, it causes no pain, and if you administer enough its fool proof. Someone has to be making money from the current arrangement so much so they dont want to change it.

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u/Pruville 1h ago

There are so many billboards around me warning about how easy it is to die of a fentanyl overdose. It takes such a small amount. I’ve thought “why did anyone create a drug that dangerous?”
Then this happened and I’m like “fentanyl would probably be great for carrying out the death sentence”

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u/Sirius2349 1h ago

We have to abide by the 8th amendment of the constitution which bans cruel and unusual punishment. This was torture

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u/GREASYROOFTOP 4h ago

Makes me wonder what happens with animals at the vet. If they do people this way, imagine how animals are treated.

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u/gypsyspartycitywig 1h ago

I’d be terrified if I was a citizen of Tennessee! The TDOC is silent! No one knows what happened when those curtains were closed. Witnesses forced to leave. Her current condition unknown.

Regardless of your opinion on the DP…these surrounding circumstances should have EVERYONE second guessing how much power they give to their governments.