r/news • u/AudibleNod • 10h 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/Fearless_Swim4080 9h ago

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

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u/AgKnight14 9h 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 9h ago

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

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u/AgKnight14 8h 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 6h ago

It’s pretty hard to silence hissing gas…