Cole Wagoner 🦆 🏈
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Cooking, comedy, and college football 🦆 Oh, and things that fly. It used to be a ghost town, but even the ghosts got out. It's interesting, the ghosts.
Cooking, comedy, and college football 🦆 Oh, and things that fly. It used to be a ghost town, but even the ghosts got out. It's interesting, the ghosts.
![Final appeals
In June 2026, after the attempted execution of Tony Carruthers, Pike challenged the execution protocol, alleging that the state could not guarantee a constitutionally compliant execution. She argued that her thrombocytosis would complicate IV placement and increase her risk of suffering, and that an all-male execution team would force her to relive past sexual assault trauma. 45]
In August 2026, a special master for the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to
intervene, stating that Pike's legal team had not convinced him of the alleged risks related to her PTSD and blood-clotting disorder. Her attorneys argued that these conditions could
complicate the execution and cause pain and suffering, violating her constitutional rights. 46]
Pike also asked to be executed by hanging, believing a botched hanging would be less painful than a botched lethal injection. The state denied the request because hanging is not an approved execution method in Tennessee and the death chamber is not equipped for it. 47]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kyssxk455wyqgeahpgqe4vqu/bafkreif5nx5r3ffho3uqbciatz6aowzvkqxklqbvwmzvjeybh5qr5kcehi)
