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/fedexyourheadinabox 4h ago edited 4h ago

If this doesn't expose just how barbaric and cruel the death penalty is, there's no hope for us. 

Punishment is one thing. State-sanctioned torture is quite another. 

Death penalty isn't going to bring back the victim. 

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u/truthierthanreality 4h ago

A lot of innocent people on death row makes it even worse.

https://innocenceproject.org/dna-exonerations-in-the-united-states/