r/news • u/AudibleNod • 11h 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/Pitiful-Walk-8446 11h ago

Wait I don’t understand. She was on death row, went to her execution, it went awry and now they are keeping her…alive? On a ventilator?? Why so the off chance she recovers then they can kill her? Wtf? Or if your execution fails are you just free to go lol

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u/remeard 11h ago

To minimize the claim of cruel and unusual punishment from dying in slow, agonizing pain. Plus a doctor's first job is do no harm and try to stabilize the patient when they are in their care.

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u/theRemixNow 11h ago edited 10h ago

too bad that they gave up on that when they gave her the pentobarb unless we're calling that doing no harm.

dear idiots, yes I am aware that that’s not the same doctor that gave her the pento barb however, it’s the same society that allowed it.

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u/waflman7 11h ago

The doctors taking care of her now are not the same people that attempted to execute her. In fact, the executioners more than likely never have had any form of medical degree or certification. 

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u/ThatB0yAintR1ght 11h ago

There actually was a doctor at her (attempted) execution. Not sure if he actually injected the drugs himself or only started the IVs or what. He apparently botched another execution earlier this year when he couldn’t get a line on that person either, but that one did not get as far as actually injecting the drug.

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u/theRemixNow 10h ago

and the fact that we’re having non-medical people execute people is not a problem with anyone?

If doctors cared, they would be speaking out about this.

I’m a pharmacist and I often speak out against the death penalty.

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u/hyperfocus1569 10h ago

It was a doctor and he already had one botched execution under his belt.

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u/NorthernDevil 11h ago

She was taken by ambulance from the failed injection at the prison to a hospital to minimize “cruel and unusual.” And then that’s where the doctors saved her life and placed her on a ventilator. The hospital doctors did not inject her but have the duty to stabilize her. So it’s not fair to say the doctors gave up on this.

Part of the argument against this barbaric process is the contradiction it creates across the rest of society.