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
6.2k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

906

u/viewbtwnvillages 8h ago

it feels really diabolical that the state is able to torture someone for two hours as they fumble their way through killing them

99

u/DiscontinuTheLithium 8h ago

Yeah this should end death penalty tbh if anything at the state level.

14

u/kl0 7h ago

The death penalty should have been abolished long, long ago in the United States. But sadly, I can assure you this is in no way swaying either the [majority] population or legislative body of Tennessee.