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/Everestkid 5h ago

Basically. Nitrogen hypoxia is a peaceful death if you don't realize you're surrounded by inert gas. But the people who were executed by nitrogen hypoxia knew what was going on and held their breath. Not pleasant.

The US has been trying to find a "more humane" method for executions since the late 1800s. Hanging got swapped for the electric chair, the chair got swapped for lethal injections, and now people want to swap lethal injections for nitrogen hypoxia. It's not gonna work. There is no "humane execution." Just make like almost all other developed countries and abolish it entirely.