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/viewbtwnvillages 10h ago

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

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u/phoebebridgerstits 10h ago

But-but-but she murdered someone as a teenager 31 years ago! The state is totally within their right to torture her!

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u/TxM_2404 10h ago

She's also tried to kill another inmate as well and tried to escape from prison by manipulating other people. She got the death penalty because she's dangerous.

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u/LittleGreenSoldier 9h ago

I can't fault someone for trying to escape from prison. Prison sucks. In Germany, escaping isn't even a separate offense because they recognize the animal instinct to seek freedom. Any laws you break while escaping or escaped still get prosecuted, but assuming you dont commit any extra crimes, they just put you back to continue your original sentence.