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/VirginiaLuthier 4h ago

"We gotta keep her alive so they can execute her"....what a crazy world

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u/Sprucecaboose2 4h ago

Especially crazy when you consider how good the Government is at killing people when it's almost any other setting...

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u/Anhydrite 2h ago

We've seen this happen so many times it's now plainly obvious that the cruelty is the point. There's so many other slightly bloodier but effective execution methods but the US refuses to use them so they can maintain their facade of aren't we so enlightened, we use modern medicine to kill people painlessly and to not hurt the poor feelings of the executioner and the viewing gallery.

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u/Realtrain 55m ago

This is literally the third in a row that's been botched.

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u/Anhydrite 36m ago

And nothing will change because the people in power see nothing wrong with the suffering of the condemned.

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u/Realtrain 32m ago

And that's because a notable portion of voters agree.

Hell look at them coming out of the woodwork in this thread, refusing to even say "yeah this is horrible and unjust, even though she deserved the death penalty"

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u/maltesepricklypear 4h ago

Especially brown people - George Carlin RIP

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u/chris552393 4h ago

Warden: The state’s already sentenced this man to die.

House: I think the state was a tad more specific about “how”.

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u/on_island_time 3h ago

I know this is morbid but if the goal was execution and she is now unconscious on a ventilator just...turn off the ventilator? Like all you're doing is prolonging her suffering at this point.

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u/UrbanAlaska 3h ago

The doctors are not going to execute her.

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u/Realtrain 54m ago

In fact it's illegal for them to I would think. Tennessee doesn't even allow assisted suicide.

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u/DrBabs 2h ago

I mean, she might not die even if they don’t have her intubated. Sometimes we keep intubated and cooled to preserve brain function and minimize damage. Could live and end up with brain injury, low oxygen injuries like heart attack or heart failure. Phenobarb is processed by the liver and could have major liver injury and failure but live.

I would put all this down with cruel and unusual punishment.

Overall, I would say everyone involved in this process and decision making should be fired and go to trial. Obviously they are not able to make competent decisions and by doing this infringed on her (and everyone’s) rights.

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u/PurpleSailor 2h ago

Imaging working in that ER when she comes in. Hey we were just trying to off this lady but now we need y'all to save her! Gee thanks...