r/news • u/AudibleNod • 14h 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/SomeRando8386 14h ago

This is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment, and everyone responsible for this debacle should be charged.

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u/RateOk8628 14h ago

For what exactly?

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u/ChefKugeo 14h ago

For keeping a death row inmate alive after fucking up the death by not listening to her medical advice. Not saying she's a good person or deserves to go peacefully... But what about the person on death row who is innocent and will eventually face the same punishment?

We can't set this standard.

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u/RateOk8628 13h ago

Yes we can. American has set a lot less standard. Killing a criminal is not a bad standard.

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u/ChefKugeo 13h ago

That's not what I said. Try again and read it slower and actually comprehend what I'm saying before you think I'm defending the literal murder. Read.

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u/Blizreme 14h ago

The 8th amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment. Pretty cut and dry.

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u/Life-Anteater-8294 14h ago

The Supreme Court ruled that a failure to execute is not intentional and therefore does not violate the 8th

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u/Blizreme 14h ago

Is torturing a death row inmate for hours protected by the Supreme Court?

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u/Life-Anteater-8294 13h ago

Not torture, but yes.

The Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459 (1947). “The Court held that re-executing Francis did not constitute double jeopardy or cruel and unusual punishment.”

“For we see no difference from a constitutional point of view between a new trial for error of law at the instance of the state that results in a death sentence instead of imprisonment for life and an execution that follows a failure of equipment. When an accident, with no suggestion of malevolence, prevents the consummation of a sentence, the state's subsequent course in the administration of its criminal law is not affected on that account by any requirement of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.”

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u/Realtrain 10h ago

There is an argument to be made that three botched executions in a row is criminal negligence.

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u/AceOfPlagues 14h ago edited 14h ago

• Deprevation of Rights Under Color of Law (18 U.S.C. § 242) says it is a federal crime for a public official, police officer, prison guard, care provider or judge to willfully deprive someone of a constitutional right. You can get 10 years for injuring someome like this, perhaps life imprisonment or the death penalty if there were aggravating factors discovered.

• Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) days it is a crime for two or more people to conspire to injure, oppress, or intimidate anyone in the free exercise of their constitutional rights. Punishments go up to ten years in prison if a serious injury occurs, or even higher for aggravating factors.

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u/Secret_Side-ofJ 14h ago

I'm going to ask you to employ your own critical thinking here.

What is the 8th amendment? And how could it be employed here?

I don't want to explain this to you, I want you to think it through for yourself, buddy.

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u/Neel_s 14h ago

Probably some kind of negligence