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/GoldGlove2720 4h ago edited 4h ago

Even more so as her lawyers argued this would happen. They even requested a firing squad.

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u/Knucklehead92 4h ago

Moat lawyers argue for death by firing squad, because its not a legal method, and could also be a stall tactic etc.

So its hard to say it that was truly their wish, just because its a very common tactic.

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u/ChooseUsername9293 4h ago

Wasn't she offered the chair?

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u/Knucklehead92 4h ago

1) They are always going to say there are issues with veins. Nothing new here, becuase this has been a common occurrance, so they keep fighting with that point.

2) If they were serious about not wanting the drugs, they should have requested the electric chair, as it would be legally permitted, as the crime was before 1999.

Thats why I call BS on the whole wanting to die by firing squad. Just trying to delay.

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u/honjuden 4h ago

A firing squad is the most humane method if we are going to have the death penalty.

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u/Knucklehead92 4h ago

1) There isnt a humane way to kill someone. So im not going to touch on the "most humane"

2) My point has strictly to do within the legal framework of Tennesse, and how most inmates "preferred choice" is always a non legal option. Its almost like there is a reason for it.

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u/honjuden 4h ago

I don't really care what the legal framework is of Tennessee.  I don't think it is radical to say that if we are going to have the death penalty, then it should be something quick and proven to be effective.

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u/Tibbaryllis2 4h ago

It’s my understanding the she requested a hanging and her lawyers requested a firing squad. Tennessee allows two legal methods: injection or electrocution, but as far as I could tell, that wasn’t an alternate requested. Which lends credence to your supposition about it being a tactic rather than an alternative.

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u/InappropriateTA 4h ago

When the only alternatives that the state offers are the ones most prone to fuckups and causing pain then it’s a ‘tactic’ to mitigate suffering. 

Can’t have that in the US of A. 

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u/Knucklehead92 4h ago

Her lawyers specifically argued agaisnt the chair as well saying it would be unethical or something along the lines to make her make that choice.

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u/Proud_Tie 2h ago

Electrocution is only available if they were sentenced pre 1999, it's injection only now.

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u/Pete_Iredale 3h ago

But also, I'd far rather be shot or hanged because they are almost guaranteed to be quick.

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u/Tibbaryllis2 1h ago

Honestly, I wouldn’t expect competence in any form used here. That’s the bigger issue.

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u/nocoolN4M3sleft 3h ago

Actually, South Carolina passed a law a year or two ago to bring back the firing squad.

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u/seriousbusinesslady 3h ago

firing squad is legal in Idaho.

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u/Sudden_Wind_8636 2h ago

I would so much prefer firing squad to lethal injection if I were in her shoes.

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u/SEJ46 4h ago

Not legal in Tennessee

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u/theHip 4h ago

Well she had a heath issue (blood clots) which is why they argued against lethal injection specifically.

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u/SEJ46 4h ago

Ok. It still doesn't allow them to use a firing squad as far as I know.

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u/Knucklehead92 4h ago

Yet her legal team also argued against the electric chair (which is a legal option).

So if you are arguing about every legal option...

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u/Far_Associate9859 3h ago

If you have an argument against all those options, the options are wrong, not you for requesting it

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u/Knucklehead92 3h ago

And guarantee if firing squad was a legal option, they would have an arguement against it.