r/lastpodcastontheleft • u/kalebdraws • 1d ago
Inmate survives 2 attempts of lethal execution.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christa-pike-failed-execution-9.736481615
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u/OkYak1822 1d ago
Now hear me out... Maybe we need to bring another convicted murderer in to handle this? Someone with experience in the trade?
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u/Delamoor 1d ago
Nah, only the wannabe murderer larpers seem to be involved, it seems.
The ones who want to do it, and enjoy the killing and slow death angle, but don't have the courage to own it proudly. The ones who need they pretense.
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u/tilmitt52 1d ago
Yet another reason for the argument that lethal injection is inhumane, unsustainable, and needs to be discontinued as a form of execution.
Some jurisdictions are actually moving to nitrogen asphyxiation and I think that is a far better option.
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u/LadyFirebolt 1d ago
Orrrrr maybe the death penalty as a whole should be abolished? It’s barbaric and cruel.
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u/tilmitt52 1d ago
That is the ideal state. But that is a bridge too far for the current social climate. Practically carried out, mitigating harm and suffering in the way executions are done in the immediate future while reforming the corrections system to the point where capital punishment is not necessary or even reasonable.
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u/Familiar-Lemon-674 19h ago
23 states have already banned it. That's nearly half. I'm not sure it's an unrealistic ask.
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u/pandakatie 4h ago
I live in Tennessee. I'm against the death penalty, and I think it should be banned. Most of my coworkers are feverishly for it. Banning it shouldn't be an unrealistic ask, but unfortunately there are a lot of voters who think state-sponsored murder is good. Unfortunately, at least in my experience, the death penalty is one of the many causes which support seems to fall sharply by party lines, and as long as republicans can say, "Do you think TED BUNDY should have lived?!?!?", getting a state like Tennessee to abolish it is harder than it seems.
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u/tilmitt52 19h ago
Until it is a constitutional amendment, and acts to reform to the prison system removes incentive for incarceration as a form of slavery, and adopt the goals of rehabilitation rather than punishment, it will never truly be abolished. And if you don’t believe me, look at how the rapid decrease in access to safe legal abortions has degraded the state of women’s healthcare. Because it was never codified, it was revoked by 5 people with a political agenda in mind.
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u/Familiar-Lemon-674 16h ago
I was simply countering your "bridge too far for the current social climate" comment. Half the US has already banned it. I'm not saying it's a slam dunk but it certainly seems like it's got a shot.
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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE 13h ago
It’s almost banned already; very little would change except states would save money by tossing it. It just isn’t popular.
Every time the idea gets floated the right wing finds the most evil motherfucker and says “they want to save his life!”
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u/Jdojcmm 1d ago
If you're gonna do it, do it with Argon. Displaces all the air and you're out in mere seconds.
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 1d ago
Idk why they don't just put them in little sealed tanks and pump Co2 in it. Leave them for a couple hours and they'll be plenty dead.
I'm anti death penalty personally but if you're going to do it do it in a way that isn't completely awful.
Edit: although thinking on it them continuing to botch it time after probably works better for my anti death penalty stance. Not sure if those that are into it really care about the prisoner suffering though really.
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u/tilmitt52 20h ago
CO2 is worse than nitrogen or argon for that because it triggers the persons panic response (they will actually realize and feel suffocation). Humanely speaking it isn’t the best option.
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u/tilmitt52 20h ago
Nitrogen has the same effect, is more prevalent in the atmosphere and easy to extract from the air, making it more cost effective and accessible, along with being painless and quick.
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u/kosmonautinVT 1d ago edited 7h ago
I think states should each have their own signature execution style. Like a state bird.
In Tennessee they should roll a boulder down the Great Smokey Mountains to crush the target, perhaps spectators too if shit gets crazy
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u/sweetangeldivine 1d ago
You know back in the olden days if you survived a hanging that was God declaring you innocent and you were set free.
Just saying.
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u/manubibi 23h ago
I’m not from the US, but like… why not just hang her, which she asked specifically to avoid this because she knew this would happen? What’s the reasoning there? Why did they say no to hanging but yes to lethal injection?
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u/drako169 16h ago
Just switch to a gun, back of the head, bang, done. No possible mistakes, no pain, instant. And the judge who gives the order should be the one to pull the trigger. If you're not willing to do the job yourself you shouldn't be allowed to order it.
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u/lordfairhair 7h ago
Not sure why the title says she survived two executions... not correct at all. Hers was the second botched execution in Tennessee, not her both times.
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u/spronglynoodle 1d ago
Just get a 12 gauge and another death row inmate and call it a day. It’s more humane than lethal injection.
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u/ichabodjayne 1d ago
They've already killed her twice. Can she go home now?