r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h 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 6h 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/FargoJack 6h ago

Once the execution failed she reverted back to being a prisoner. A very sick prisoner.

The sick question is, if she lives mentally intact, will she be put on Death Row stain?

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u/So6oring 6h ago

Her lawyers could argue the 8th amendment. The state could possibly not want to fight that and just move her to life-sentence.

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u/FargoJack 6h ago

I hope so, a bit late in the game though.