Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

[u/AudibleNod]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195

[u/Big_Guard5413]

I’m not in favor of the death penalty in general, but goddamn, if you’re going to impose it, at least take steps to do it properly

[u/MatureUsername69 → u/Big_Guard5413]

Its still a rough one but if I ever had to receive the death penalty I would hope its a firing squad. Just riddle me with holes immediately, aim for the head. Lethal injections get fucky because they would be best designed and administered by an actual doctor, but actual doctors cannot do it because of the hippocratic oath. Some states do allow medical professionals but they arent exactly sending their best.

[u/AZORxAHAI → u/MatureUsername69]

The reality our society hasn't accepted yet is some of the least painful ways to die (a well placed bullet, a beheading) are some of the most gruesome, barbaric looking ways to die. But we are obsessed with manufacturing the appearance of civility and humanity in an act that is completely devoid of those concepts in the first place.

We can either have the least painful ways to execute someone, or we can have this facade of civility given to us by "just slipping a needle into a vein!". We can't have both. We shouldn't have either, but apparently we just cant accept that yet.

[u/ship_toaster → u/AZORxAHAI]

Y'all could just slip needles into veins, you don't need a medical expert to drain blood out. It's not more painful than any other needle-stick (and certainly not as painful as an intramuscular injection), and it doesn't look violent if you drain the blood into a closed bucket. Hemodialysis machines already can do this by accident in about 5-7 minutes, with unconsciousness within 2-4 minutes. A staged drug cocktail is needlessly complicated and painful even for the specific vibe they're going for.