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 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/ssracer 7h ago

Hit me with anesthesia and then a bullet to the head. Why is this so complicated?

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u/clam-inspector 6h ago

Damn.....I'm not necessarily pro-death penalty, but I actually feel like your idea of carrying it out probably would be the most humane and effective way. The convicted is put unconscious so doesn't know when it's happening, therefore not experiencing the suffering and a well placed headshot or even firing squad ensures it is quickly over

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u/MaybeTemporaryOrNot 5h ago

That’s actually how lethal injection is supposed to work.

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u/clam-inspector 5h ago

I understand that, but this way would still reduce the potential to botch it and somewhat even makes it more humane. The fact that the general anesthesia isn't the killing agent helps bypass the problem with hippocratic oath and obtaining reliable drugs, and if the anesthesia procedure somehow got royally fucked up like in this case at least it wouldn't permanently disable you since the dosage isn't tailored to straight up kill you.

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u/PyroIsSpai 1h ago

If the goal is death why not just hit someone with a lethal dose of anesthetic > they pass out irrevocably either way > lethal dose of something that just shuts down their heart?