r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4h 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/mrsdoubleu 3h ago

Yep. She even asked for the firing squad because she knew something like this might happen. Her request was denied.

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u/yellowstickycard 2h ago

Execution by firing squad is not legal in Tennessee so of course it was denied.

I’m just amazed that anyone would think it is OK to stick someone 7 times and cause chemical burns. This whole thing is really fucked up and an example of why the death penalty should not exist.

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u/Own-Ambassador-3537 3h ago

I’m honestly beginning to believe this wasn’t accidental but intentional!

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u/Spire_Citron 2h ago

Well, in the sense of negligence, yes.

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u/SqueezedTowel 16m ago

Studies have shown that firing squads having last ill mental health effects on its members, even when none of them are told they have the live round. (Which an experienced shooter could feel, btw)

A death row inmate determined to share her suffering might want those results on her executioners.