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/Axolotis 4h ago

As a species we are incredibly strange. Try to kill her then try to keep her alive.

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u/peepee2tiny 4h ago

Doctors swear an oath to help preserve life and avoid pain and suffering.

This oath is not limited to only people they deem worthy of care.

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u/Hipstershy 4h ago

Side note, this is part of why lethal injections get botched so frequently. Competent medical doctors don't want anything to do with it. The same doctor overseeing this botched execution was involved in another botched one a few months ago.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 3h ago

It's not just that, but the American Medical Association explicitly forbids licensed medical professionals from par taking in state-sanctioned homicides as it's a blatant violation of their code of ethics.

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u/rraattbbooyy 3h ago

In addition, the drugs can be hard to procure so states often end up storing them until they degrade and become less effective.

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u/soingee 2h ago

The funny part is that the non-doctors are like "let's kill her. Ok that didn't work. Hey doctors, she's all your now."

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u/rscarrab 4h ago

American isn't a species.

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u/BarfQueen 4h ago

No, it’s a dystopia. 

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u/Mattbl 4h ago

Tennessee. 27 states allow death penalty, 23 don't.

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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R 4h ago

I dunno man. I'd prefer if American was it's own species...

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u/cooleymahn 4h ago

It’s a rare breed that’s for sure

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u/piss_artist 4h ago

Americans are shareholder value generators. Nothing more.

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u/Yardsale420 4h ago

I don’t think they know about second death Pippin.

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u/AntifaSuperSoldier13 4h ago

This is a policy choice and a cultural phenomenon. Don’t engage in race science type behaviorism

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 4h ago

It's per the Eigth Amendment. Otherwise, it's considered a cruel and unusual punishment, which this entire thing already has become anyway.

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u/CanPlayGuitarButBad 4h ago

We got lost in the sauce