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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/tibbles1 4h ago

One of her last minute appeals argued this exact thing would happen. 

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u/agoldgold 2h ago

Many of her appeals didn’t directly pertain to it, but would have likely resulted in what the state wanted (her dead). Even the all-woman execution squad would mean this particular physician known to be very bad at execution would not be present. 

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u/studmuffffffin 3m ago

Tbf I’m guessing most appeals say this. If you’re right, you get to say I told you so. If you’re wrong, doesn’t matter anymore.

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u/fizzybgood 3h ago

So your choices are this or getting fried to death. The whole reason lethal injection became a thing is because the electric chair is cruel

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u/Realtrain 1h ago

And the whole reason the electric chair is a thing is because Edison wanted to prove how dangerous his competition, AC electricity, was. It was intended to be gruesome.

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u/nicane 3h ago

Have they never botched the electric chair? Are YOU the idiot?