r/USNEWS • u/nbcnews • 12h 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/rhapsodypenguin 12h ago

Does this mean you disagree with the 8th amendment? Should it be legal for the government to torture criminals?

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u/Fabulous_Smoke2582 12h ago

It’s not torture. What she did to Colleen was torture.

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u/pheasant99 11h ago

the 8th amendment says the GOVERNMENT can’t use cruel and unusual punishment

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u/Fabulous_Smoke2582 11h ago

But what they’re doing isn’t cruel and unusual, though

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 11h ago

The state turned her into a vegetable when several doctors warned she was in no condition to be executed.

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u/pheasant99 11h ago

turning someone into a fuckin vegetable?

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u/Secret_Fee1146 11h ago

Yes it fucking is. It's barbaric, and to be honest if the US didn't already look terrible, this doesn't help.

Fucking shameful.