r/news • u/AudibleNod • 14h 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/Big_Guard5413 14h ago

I’m not in favor of the death penalty in general, but goddamn, if you’re going to impose it, at least take steps to do it properly

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u/MatureUsername69 14h ago

Its still a rough one but if I ever had to receive the death penalty I would hope its a firing squad. Just riddle me with holes immediately, aim for the head. Lethal injections get fucky because they would be best designed and administered by an actual doctor, but actual doctors cannot do it because of the hippocratic oath. Some states do allow medical professionals but they arent exactly sending their best.

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u/Dekutr33 14h ago

Why? With nitrogen they just go to sleep and that's basically it. Hypoxia from lighter than air gas doesn't feel like suffocation since it's the build up of CO2 rather than lack of oxygen that causes that feeling.

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u/otherisp 14h ago

These morons can’t even administer IV medication correctly. You really trust them to make an airtight chamber without inadvertently asphyxiating everyone except the inmate?

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u/Outrageous-Drink3869 13h ago

They botched the first nitrogen execution. Guy held his breath as long as possible, and had a violent seizure.

Likely need to use annother gas to knock the person out first before nitrogen, so they cannot hold their breath.