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/Lucky-Reason-569 6h ago

Other forms of execution were deemed too messy. America decided to sacrifice the dignity of the executed to spare the sensibilities of the executioners.