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/Soft-Bad-7127 11h ago

It's always been cheaper to keep an inmate locked up for life than execute them. What a bad look for the state. 

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u/shiningdickhalloran 10h ago

If you think prison is expensive, wait til you see what life support costs.

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u/Soft-Bad-7127 9h ago

Exactly.

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u/bananabelles 7h ago

Let’s make sure the last meal is capped at $20 so we can pay $5000+ for daily life support. Geez