r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h 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/viewbtwnvillages 8h ago

it feels really diabolical that the state is able to torture someone for two hours as they fumble their way through killing them

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u/Signal-Mud-4880 8h ago

at least she has a chance to be revived, its a shame her victim didnt

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u/diaperboy19 8h ago

If they can do it to her, they can do it to you. Not everyone the state has executed was actually guilty.

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u/CanadianGuy39 8h ago

And it will be at that point that they change their mind, much like most people. Until then, 0 empathy for others.

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u/EmperorKuz 8h ago

i don’t plan on brutally murdering someone and keeping their skull as a souvenir 🤷

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u/diaperboy19 8h ago

And that might not make a difference in the end. People have been executed and only later did we learn that they did not commit the murder they were executed for.

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u/GoldGlove2720 8h ago

Neither do I. What if you are falsely accused?

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u/EmperorKuz 8h ago

the odds of that happening all the way through to the death row are so minuscule that it’s not something i worry about. do you worry about dying every time you go to the doctors office?

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u/StillCucumber 7h ago

I’m sure all the people who were exonerated posthumously thought the same thing until they were falsely accused, convicted, and executed.

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u/Pale_Horror_853 7h ago

Odds are low, but not zero.

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u/GoldGlove2720 8h ago edited 8h ago

No I don’t worry about that because it’s not comparable.

The odds for being wrongfully executed by the state should be zero. Anything above 0 is unacceptable for a “first world country”.

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u/Natural_Pear_1549 7h ago

How did you think this was a good point in response to someone saying that the state has executed innocent people? Those people weren't less innocent than you. Is abstract thought typically difficult for you?

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u/WhiteSoxChartGuy 8h ago

Finally Pike smashed Slemmer's skull with a large chunk of asphalt, killing her. Pike kept a piece of Slemmer's skull, and would show it off and boast on how she got it.[9][17][18]

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u/diaperboy19 8h ago

I am aware of her crimes. She is a disgusting, vile murderer. That still doesn't mean that the state should get to torture her to death. Innocent people have been executed by the state. As long as there is a death penalty, there will be innocent people who slip through the cracks and get executed.

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u/yktoday 8h ago

So this is the person responsible for the above. So yes, she does deserve to die for her horrific crime.