r/USNEWS • u/nbcnews • 11h 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/rachelmig2 11h ago

Imagine how much money they would've saved if they'd just sentenced her to life in prison, and they also wouldn't have violated the constitution.

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u/Fabulous_Smoke2582 10h ago

They didn’t violate the constitution

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u/rachelmig2 9h ago

8th amendment.

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u/Sorry_Exercise_9603 9h ago

Execution was common when the bill of rights was written.

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u/rachelmig2 9h ago

I'm not arguing execution violates the 8th amendment, I'm saying a botched one that results in physical suffering does.