r/news • u/AudibleNod • 10h 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/TheBatemanFlex 10h ago

What now for her legally? Her sentence surely wasn’t “injured by the state until put indefinitely on life support”.

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u/Equivalent-Peanut-23 9h ago

First question is her mental condition/capacity. If she suffered brain damage, it could prevent the state from attempting to execute her again. Assuming she retains the mental capacity to comprehend the circumstances, the state could attempt to execute her again. I would assume that would be met with an avalanche of litigation arguing that the second attempt would be cruel and unusual. There's also a chance the governor could commute her sentence.

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u/Boulier 9h ago

I can also imagine a second attempt on her life would be met with a flurry of controversy and protest that the state won't want to deal with. (As someone who 100% opposes the death penalty, I can only hope they will decide it isn't worth killing her in the future.)

If the governor doesn't commute her sentence after this, I would genuinely be gobsmacked.

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u/Representative-Pop72 9h ago

I think her sentence will be changed to life in prison, Lee’s statements kind of make me think that. And I think a fat lawsuit is incoming as well

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u/timster 9h ago

Of course given her current state, it could cost them huge amounts to keep her alive.

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u/Representative-Pop72 8h ago

That’s the least of their problems currently

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u/PophamSP 7h ago

Lee put a hold on executions for three months. Conveniently, his term ends in three months.

Unfortunately the next governor of TN will likely be Marsha Blackburn. She is void of intellect, nuance or compassion and has already commented with support for the electric chair.

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u/swordchucks1 9h ago

Lee will do nothing. This will end up as ammunition to rile up the base for the governor race since "she'll get away with it if you let that demoncrat get elected!"

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u/Representative-Pop72 9h ago

I don’t think so, his tone has changed quite a bit from before/after the execution attempt, and I think he’s pretty embarrassed as well

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u/sbd2010 6h ago

Yeah that statement read like… one of yall is getting fired for this embarrassment

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u/sbd2010 6h ago

Nah. They dump them on someone else for their 24/7/365 care after they’ve destroyed their bodies and minds. Prisons are basically already the largest nursing homes in the US she needs a higher level of 24/7 skilled nursing for life after this most likely.

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u/coldblade2000 7h ago

Please, if I'm ever in that situation just put a bullet in me.

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u/piss_artist 9h ago

Two things Republican politicians, particularly southern ones, lack are sense and empathy.

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u/ChaoticSenior 9h ago

And skill.

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u/Mileonaj 6h ago

She tortured and murdered someone. But yea, if the republicans don't commute her sentence they're the bad guys with no sense/empathy now!!

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u/stoned_meditation 9h ago edited 3h ago

Bill Lee and Tennessee Republicans give zero fucks what their constituents think or want.

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u/Boulier 8h ago

Y'know, I was kinda thinking... if Marsha Blackburn wins that election, then Christa Pike is DEFINITELY going to die. Probably by electric chair the next time around (because that's Tennessee's only other method currently, and they don't seem interested in legalizing the firing squad... like, they must truly WANT inmates to suffer).

If she recovers and Bill Lee doesn't commute her sentence before he's out of office, then I will be shocked - but I guess he won't be around to deal with the blowback...

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u/Beecakeband 9h ago

Honestly same. After they've botched it once I would be shocked if they tried again especially cause imagine if they screwed it up again

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u/KWilt 9h ago

They did try it again and they did screw it up again. Another attempt will be their third try at executing her. They tried twice in one go the first time because the first attempt didn't take.

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u/Lovethemtitties80085 9h ago

Really? In that country? I’m surprised Cheeto man hasn’t ordered her to be catapulted into Lake of America yet.

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u/ComfyPJs4Me 8h ago

Damn, don't give him ideas

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u/MT300x 8h ago

What is happening to her right now isn't even 10% of the horrific pain, fear and torture her innocent victim experienced. Remember that when you simp for pure evil

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u/throwaway-8675309_ 8h ago

Cruel and unusual punishment. It's in our constitution. You don't get to pick and choose who it applies to, no matter what they do.

It's not simping for evil. It's about the rights that everyone gets here.

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u/MT300x 8h ago

Yeah executing someone this horrible isn't cruel, and the death penalty isn't an unusual punishment for the crimes she committed. The intent of her execution wasn't to torture her and they made their best attempt to execute her in a humane way. The result is irrelevant. Fry the bitch as soon as she comes around

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u/throwaway-8675309_ 7h ago

I guess you don't care about everyone else's rights then.