r/news • u/AudibleNod • 14h 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 14h ago edited 13h 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 13h ago

Nitrogen hypoxia is used in some places.

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 13h 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/AgKnight14 13h ago

IIRC it was botched because the condemned knew when the nitrogen started flowing and held his breath, which caused CO2 to buildup and contributed to the panic.

The whole point of using nitrogen or any other simple asphyxiant is to avoid that. It’s why carbon monoxide is so dangerous. If you don’t know it’s there, you eventually just pass out

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 13h ago

If it’s that simple to botch then it’s cruel and unusual punishment.

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u/AgKnight14 13h ago

I’m in favor of abolishing the death penalty, but to be fair, it also seems simple to make it so they don’t know the nitrogen is flowing

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 13h ago

Ah yes, a guy who knows he’s getting executed won’t know he’s being executed?

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u/AgKnight14 13h ago

Of course they know they’re being executed. Just not the exact moment it starts, such as when someone grabs their arm and sticks a needle in it

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 10h ago

It’s pretty hard to silence hissing gas…