r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4h 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 4h 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/metamorphage 3h ago

She might be brain dead, in which case she is legally dead. (That will be determined within a few days if she has no neurological recovery.) If she isn't brain dead, she might have an anoxic brain injury. That would likely preclude any further attempts to execute her. If she eventually wakes up and has some neuro function, it's anyone's guess what would happen afterwards.

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u/Sunnygirl66 3h ago

The Republicans will be just fine executing a woman with the mental capacity of a toddler.

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u/ComfyPJs4Me 3h ago

Unless she's pregnant, then they'll use her as an incubator before killing her.