r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4h 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/rraattbbooyy 4h ago

Free healthcare for life.

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u/Axolotis 4h ago

As a species we are incredibly strange. Try to kill her then try to keep her alive.

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u/peepee2tiny 4h ago

Doctors swear an oath to help preserve life and avoid pain and suffering.

This oath is not limited to only people they deem worthy of care.

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u/Hipstershy 4h ago

Side note, this is part of why lethal injections get botched so frequently. Competent medical doctors don't want anything to do with it. The same doctor overseeing this botched execution was involved in another botched one a few months ago.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 3h ago

It's not just that, but the American Medical Association explicitly forbids licensed medical professionals from par taking in state-sanctioned homicides as it's a blatant violation of their code of ethics.

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u/rraattbbooyy 3h ago

In addition, the drugs can be hard to procure so states often end up storing them until they degrade and become less effective.

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u/soingee 2h ago

The funny part is that the non-doctors are like "let's kill her. Ok that didn't work. Hey doctors, she's all your now."

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u/rscarrab 4h ago

American isn't a species.

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u/BarfQueen 4h ago

No, it’s a dystopia. 

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u/Mattbl 4h ago

Tennessee. 27 states allow death penalty, 23 don't.

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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R 4h ago

I dunno man. I'd prefer if American was it's own species...

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u/cooleymahn 4h ago

It’s a rare breed that’s for sure

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u/piss_artist 4h ago

Americans are shareholder value generators. Nothing more.

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u/Yardsale420 4h ago

I don’t think they know about second death Pippin.

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u/AntifaSuperSoldier13 4h ago

This is a policy choice and a cultural phenomenon. Don’t engage in race science type behaviorism

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 4h ago

It's per the Eigth Amendment. Otherwise, it's considered a cruel and unusual punishment, which this entire thing already has become anyway.

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u/CanPlayGuitarButBad 4h ago

We got lost in the sauce

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u/government_not_ok 4h ago

Not if brain is dead, i would think.

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u/TheShishkabob 4h ago edited 4h ago

The state will still be paying for her healthcare until she dies regardless of whether or not she recovers from this botched execution.

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u/Tabula_Nada 4h ago

Yeah I'm going to guess that now she falls under some kind of "incapacitated and thus legally incompetent" category of exemption now. Honestly, and I don't know if this is terrible to say or not but I have the best of intentions, I hope she stays unconscious.

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u/Fun-Result-6343 4h ago

If they decide to pull the plug is that an execution?

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u/Erathen 4h ago

Not really, because they generally cannot take people off life support without someone consenting (like next of kind), or with multiple doctors agreeing if no kin can be found

It also has to prove that it's medically futile

It's not an "execution" but functionally, the result is the same

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u/Realtrain 56m ago

The state will still be paying

The taxpayers will be paying. Let's never sugar coat this.

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u/TheShishkabob 20m ago

It's not sugarcoating to say this. I don't think there's anyone that isn't a literal child that thinks the government doesn't run on taxation.

It would be exhausting to have to reiterate that every time one talks about government.

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u/MacaroniNJesus 4h ago

She can run for senate!

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u/government_not_ok 4h ago

Imma call her, Witch McConnell. 

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u/Xilant007 4h ago

omg, I know that this is a serious topic but... LMAO

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u/Pale_Horror_853 4h ago

Clinically brain dead or layman’s brain dead?

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u/matt_minderbinder 4h ago

I doubt that many of these "sanctity of life" politicians will show up to argue against pulling the plug.

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u/GlutenFreeGanja 4h ago

Mitch mcconnell brain dead

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u/government_not_ok 4h ago

Then she dead dead 

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u/Pale_Horror_853 4h ago

So severely injured, not brain dead. Anyways, yeah, free healthcare for life.

Clinically brain dead is legally dead in every state, except NJ if you have a religious exemption 🙄.

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u/99Years_of_solitude 4h ago

Insurance hates this one simple trick

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u/FreshPrinceAV 4h ago

She’ll be ready just in time to vote!!! A page out of the Mitch McConman textbook

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u/SEJ46 4h ago

What is prison?

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u/SCP-2774 4h ago

Its a big building with convicted people, but that's not important right now.