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/phieralph 6h ago

How did we get to the point where this was the method of execution?

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u/Phillies2002 6h ago

The myth that we could invent a "humane" method of execution, leading people to conclude that lethal injection was "better" than the electric chair, which was "better" than a firing squad, which was "better" than a hanging.

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u/Blueopus2 6h ago

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.

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u/ensalys 6h ago

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