Started By
Message

Christina Pike execution isn't the first failed execution in TN this year

Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:03 am
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8806 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:03 am
Tony Carruthers is currently at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, serving his death row sentence following a halted execution attempt.


Case and Status Details
Current Location: Returned to his cell at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Atlantic
+1
Recent Event: On May 21, 2026, his scheduled execution was halted after medical personnel struggled for over an hour to establish the required venous access for a lethal injection.

Following the botched procedure, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee granted Carruthers a one-year temporary reprieve, postponing his execution into 2027.

Death penalty website

Some civil servant is about to take an early retirement. Same MO, vein issues. It sounds like the perps have it figured out. Dehydrate yourself and they cant find a vein.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
16410 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:04 am to
quote:

On May 21, 2026, his scheduled execution was halted after medical personnel struggled for over an hour to establish the required venous access for a lethal injection.


I know a quick, cheap, and guaranteed way to kill these mfs.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
25878 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:05 am to
Firing Squads. ever had these problems.
Posted by CeauxPilot
Hammond, LA
Member since May 2020
207 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:05 am to
Had a gf once that once we broke up, her craziness hit the fan, got back together a few years later. Caught her watching botched lethals all the time to where the person doesn’t die, just severe pain and suffering.

This post was edited on 10/1/26 at 7:07 am
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
2041 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:08 am to
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
99755 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:08 am to
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8806 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:09 am to
quote:

Had a gf once that once we broke up, her craziness hit the fan, got back together a few years later. Caught her watching botched lethals all the time to where the person doesn’t die, just severe pain and suffering.


Insert wtf GIF

Also, how was the secks?
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
4410 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:09 am to
How fricking hard can this be? Veterinarians do this every day.
Posted by Hickok
Htown
Member since Jan 2013
3026 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:10 am to
quote:

On May 21, 2026, his scheduled execution was halted after medical personnel struggled for over an hour to establish the required venous access for a lethal injection.

How is it Canada can put down over ten thousand a year via MAID, and it seems like every death row injection in the US seems to be a cluster frick.
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
7979 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:11 am to
I'm with you...I say if they ain't dead after the first try, put a bullet in their head! It's time we stop pussy-footing around with these murderers and send out a message to other possible killers. Make 'em see we mean business!
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8806 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:14 am to
quote:

How is it Canada can put down over ten thousand a year via MAID, and it seems like every death row injection in the US seems to be a cluster frick.


MAID drs are private practice. The STATE of Tennessee kills people with government processes and procedures via STATE employees.
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
11665 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:18 am to
You can't really lump not getting an IV as a failed execution though. Lots of people are very hard to get IVs started on. They are acting like the execution team shot him in the head and he still lived
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
105449 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:21 am to
quote:

How is it Canada can put down over ten thousand a year via MAID, and it seems like every death row injection in the US seems to be a cluster frick.


It is mostly old people and the disabled being killed by Canada, not murderers who are pulling out all the stops to stay alive.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24541 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:22 am to
quote:

You can't really lump not getting an IV as a failed execution though. Lots of people are very hard to get IVs started on.


I would bet the criminals probably frick their veins to intentionally make it harder, might as well what is there to lose?
Posted by Keith13
Member since Apr 2024
607 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:29 am to
Why can we not just slam a needle of fentanyl in the arse and be done with them? Apparently if a cop comes in contact with an amount of the size of a sand particle it kills a cop. fill a syringe and be done with these monsters
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
15156 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:30 am to
A quick bullet to the head would be instant and painless.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20624 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:41 am to
quote:

I know a quick, cheap, and guaranteed way to kill these mfs.




Yep, just like the Russians did with that serial killer Andre' Chikatilo who got the death sentence. A guard marched him from his cell to a room and put a bullet behind his ear---------done and dusted in seconds all for the cost of a single bullet.
Posted by pistolpete23
In the present
Member since Dec 2007
7293 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 7:59 am to
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
15030 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 8:00 am to
quote:

was halted
is not a fail
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
9849 posts
Posted on 10/1/26 at 8:02 am to
quote:


How fricking hard can this be? Veterinarians do this every day.

i will start off by saying that i am anti-death penalty, but not due to "inhumane" grounds or "cruel and unusual" or anything like that.

but that said, the current state of the death penalty is ridiculous. in the attempt to make it as absolutely painless and gentle as clincal as possible, it has complicated it to a level where now we have incidents where they literally cant even kill the person. in the attempt to appease the ravenous left wing mob, which will never suddenly start supporting the death penalty, they have made it where they cant even do it successfully 100% of the time.
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6
Jump to page
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 6Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

Facebook•X•Instagram