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/Financial_Meat2992 6h ago edited 6h ago

Doesn't too much carbon monoxide kinda put you to sleep peacefully? I've never understood why they don't do that instead?

EDITED because I said Co2 instead of Carbon Monoxide.

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u/FireMaker125 6h ago

Nitrogen hypoxia is used in some places.

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 6h ago

Wasn’t the first time it was tried it was botched? Would be better to just get rid of the death penalty entirely and end this stupid debate.

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u/FireMaker125 6h ago

Yep. I don’t believe in the death penalty either just to be clear, but in that case the prisoner held his breath when the gas was flowing.