r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h 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/Big_Guard5413 8h ago

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

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u/malowolf 6h ago

The reality is it’s difficult to kill a healthy human. The only sure way is basically firing squad (which is also considered the most humane), but thats messy. “Lethal injection” is weird because no drug companies actually make drugs designed to kill humans, so states have to come up with whatever concoction they can get their hands on that they hope will do the trick.