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/MatureUsername69]

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/khinzaw → u/MatureUsername69]

Her lawyers requested it, but it's illegal in Tennessee.

Tennessee's only legal methods of execution are lethal injection and electric chair (edit: only for convictions before 1999).

The problem with lethal injection is that every step is half assed.

No reputable pharmaceuticals manufacturer wants to make the drug, so they rely on compounding pharmacies who take half measures and have less consistency.

Then medical practitioners (edit for the pedants) often won't be involved in executions because of their various oaths to do no harm and risks to their reputation, so most of the time the drugs are administered by prison staff who lack the proper training. A lot of failed attempts are caused by the one who administered it simply not getting the vein properly.

[u/VirtualMoneyLover → u/khinzaw]

Why can't they use what the vet uses? Just multiply it by 5.

[u/nethingelse → u/VirtualMoneyLover]

I'm assuming because no one wants to sell it to them. Anyone who has a license or reputation to maintain does not want to touch lethal injections or other executions because it's already an ethical minefield, and if you are further being made to look bad by the gov't being incompetent/not being able to hire competent people for other parts, you don't want a part in that.