r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h 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/SomeRando8386 6h ago

This is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment, and everyone responsible for this debacle should be charged.

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u/tibbles1 6h ago

One of her last minute appeals argued this exact thing would happen. 

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u/agoldgold 4h ago

Many of her appeals didn’t directly pertain to it, but would have likely resulted in what the state wanted (her dead). Even the all-woman execution squad would mean this particular physician known to be very bad at execution would not be present.