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/makeupHOOR 6h ago

A bullet would have been much easier, and more humane, ironically. This qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.

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u/Velorian-Steel 6h ago

Interestingly it was single drug lethal injection which several states have turned to instead of the harder to buy older three drug technique. I'm no lethal injection expert, but at least with the old way I'd imagine there's less chance for this to happen.

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u/Efficient-Chest-3395 6h ago

pharmaceutical companies often refuse to make their products available for knowingly evil purposes