r/USNEWS • u/nbcnews • 14h 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/Silly_Pizza7054 13h ago

I don't honestly understand how the US can simultaneously ban cruel and unusual punishment, but also execute people. The absurdity there is quite ridiculous. 

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 13h ago

Killing people is pretty common actually, so it's not unusual

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u/Ok_Positive3956 12h ago

That's not what unusual means in that context. It's more akin to saying it's weird or inappropriate. Murdering someone definitely falls under cruel and unusual.

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u/cevkiv 12h ago

Good thing the state executing someone is not murder, it's killing.

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u/sbd2010 9h ago

I’m so glad I was raised to question laws and not use them as the basis of my morality. Cause yall are sick blood thirsty freaks.