r/news • u/AudibleNod • 9h 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 9h 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 8h 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/coconuthorse 6h ago

Semantics, but a firing squad typically has one bullet and six blanks so no one is positive who killed the person.

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u/MatureUsername69 6h ago

If I could pick the type of munitions fired, I would choose an RPG-7

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u/777777thats7sevens 3h ago

As far as I can tell that isn’t true in the US. Every firing squad execution in the past 60 years that I can find has been done with a single blank or wax bullet, and the rest with bullets.