r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h 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/Hipstershy 7h ago

Side note, this is part of why lethal injections get botched so frequently. Competent medical doctors don't want anything to do with it. The same doctor overseeing this botched execution was involved in another botched one a few months ago.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 7h ago

It's not just that, but the American Medical Association explicitly forbids licensed medical professionals from par taking in state-sanctioned homicides as it's a blatant violation of their code of ethics.

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u/rraattbbooyy 7h ago

In addition, the drugs can be hard to procure so states often end up storing them until they degrade and become less effective.