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US Bid to Make Executions 'Humane' Only Deepens the Cruelty: ROCOR Bishop
US Bid to Make Executions 'Humane' Only Deepens the Cruelty: ROCOR Bishop
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The case of Christa Gail Pike, a death row inmate in the state of Tennessee, who had survived the administration of two lethal injections, demonstrates that US... 10.10.2026, Sputnik India
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On September 30, Pike survived two lethal injections during her execution procedure and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Earlier this week, her lawyers said that the woman regained consciousness, but faces a long recovery. Subsequently, Tennessee authorities ordered a statewide pause on executions until the end of the year.Following the incident, Bishops from Tennessee's Catholic, Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Churches urged the state governor to commute Pike's sentence.The execution was scheduled for the morning of September 30; however, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the procedure an hour before it was set to begin in order to consider arguments regarding the abuse Pike had suffered in childhood. Several hours later, the US Supreme Court, acting on a request from prosecutors, lifted the stay, allowing the sentence to be carried out.Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. She was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over two centuries.
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US Bid to Make Executions 'Humane' Only Deepens the Cruelty: ROCOR Bishop
The case of Christa Gail Pike, a death row inmate in the state of Tennessee, who had survived the administration of two lethal injections, demonstrates that US authorities' attempts to make the death penalty more humane result only in even greater cruelty, Bishop Jerome (Shaw) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia told Sputnik.
On September 30, Pike survived two lethal injections during her execution procedure and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Earlier this week, her lawyers said that the woman regained consciousness, but faces a long recovery. Subsequently, Tennessee authorities ordered a statewide pause on executions until the end of the year.
"Even in Byzantium, the Orthodox Church opposed the death penalty. Russia has already abolished it, whereas in the US, all attempts to make executions 'more humane' lead only to greater cruelty," Bishop Jerome said.
Following the incident, Bishops from Tennessee's Catholic, Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Churches urged the state governor to commute Pike's sentence.
"In this case, one cannot but agree with the Roman Catholic bishops... Although this woman herself is to blame," Bishop Jerome continued.
The execution was scheduled for the morning of September 30; however, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the procedure an hour before it was set to begin in order to consider arguments regarding the abuse Pike had suffered in childhood. Several hours later, the US Supreme Court, acting on a request from prosecutors, lifted the stay, allowing the sentence to be carried out.
Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. She was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over two centuries.
