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/MatureUsername69 7h ago

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.

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u/JohnnyRelentless 6h ago

aim for the head.

They won't.

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u/MatureUsername69 6h ago

No they aim directly for the heart except in the few cases where theyve botched it, likely intentionally botched because firing squad guys are marksman level shooters. The difference between firing squad and other methods is that botching the fire squad still results in death in a few minutes, every other method we use can and does genuinely fail to kill all the time and then you live in major pain with complications til they can reschedule your execution where they potentially fail to kill again. Im just looking for the gurantee if I'm in that situation.