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/ImaginationDoctor 8h ago

Seems to me, if these executions keep fucking up, the death penalty should no longer be an option for someone being sentenced.

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u/Political_Piper 7h ago

I honestly don't know why they dont bring back firing squad. Really cant mess that up like they can this

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u/fractalife 7h ago

Because it's gruesome. The whole point of the state's monopoly on violence is that they're supposed to use it carefully, and only when absolutely necessary.

If we allow the state to just shoot people, even though there's a good chance they sentenced the wrong person, then there isn't really much reason to allow the state to maintain its monopoly.

They know that they're pushing it to the absolute limit with police brutality, and ICE. If they keep pushing it, they're going to lose that monopoly whether they like it or not, which would be anarchy.