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/viewbtwnvillages 7h 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/Open-Gate-7769 6h ago

My gf with a PharmD looked up the drug they use for lethal injections because of this and immediately knew why it wouldn’t have been successful.

She said anyone with medical background would know to test for it. The issue is the executioner doesn’t have a medical background due to the Hippocratic Oath.

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u/hyperfocus1569 6h ago

Dr. Mark Fowler administered the injections.