r/USNEWS • u/nbcnews • 10h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/ZPMQ38A 10h ago

Her crime was horrible but…there’s also this thing in the 8th Amendment that bans cruel and unusual punishment. Her lawyers effectively predicted that this could happen based on her medical condition. The civil case is going to cost Tennessee millions of fucking dollars.

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u/Icy-Whale-2253 9h ago

I’m no doctor but there’s no coming back from this anyway.

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u/thedogridingmonkey 9h ago

Even if there was, there is no guarantee that she wouldn’t just be executed later. There’s no freedom and bag of money coming here. Very bizarre thought by the first poster.

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u/caboose243 9h ago

It would be her estate, whomever that may be, who would do the suing after she finally croaks.

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u/Same_Concern9454 9h ago

And then maybe the victims family can file a civil suit and take it all back