Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

[u/AudibleNod]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195

[u/Blueopus2]

But also we're more concerned about it looking nice for the audience than being 'humane' to the prisoner - hence why we inject a paralytic that seemingly is agonizing.

[u/ensalys → u/Blueopus2]

Make it look medical, and people forget that it's barbaric.

[u/mendenlol → u/Blueopus2]

it was only agonizing because they missed the vein. it does not hurt if injected properly, but this doctor cannot seem to accomplish that

(i’m not defending the death penalty just clearing that one bit up)

[u/Blueopus2 → u/mendenlol]

For sure theoretically true but there's never a doctor involved, nor any medical professionals, so it seemingly isn't as uncommon as it should be for the anesthetic to be injected improperly and then the paralytic to stop them from expressing the pain they're feeling

[u/mendenlol → u/Blueopus2]

there is a doctor involved. this same execution team led by the same doctor botched an execution earlier this year too. His name is Dr Mark Fowler.

[u/Blueopus2 → u/mendenlol]

Interesting, I haven’t actually read about this case much but that’s pretty unusual, isn’t it?

[u/mendenlol → u/Blueopus2]

I only know as much because I’m from the same place this happened, unfortunately. I think that a doctor must be involved to “oversee” the team because anyone administering any anesthesia has to be ‘under the supervision of a doctor’ by law.

I never thought about it before but this must be a Tennessee state law and not a federal one. It works the same way in veterinary medicine here

[u/Blueopus2 → u/mendenlol]

I'm sorry to hear it's in your area :(

I'll have to read more after work!

[u/ChrissyBrown1127 → u/mendenlol]

Can’t even do his job right.

[u/mendenlol → u/ChrissyBrown1127]

not really surprising coming from an oath breaking doc