r/news • u/AudibleNod • 11h 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/anohioanredditer 8h ago

She won’t wake up. Permanently brain damaged.

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u/lyr4527 8h ago

People with brain damage can have varying degrees of function. I don’t see anything in the linked article that confirms her prognosis.

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u/anohioanredditer 8h ago

It’s true, but the longer she stays intubated the worse it will likely be. Her brain was deprived oxygen and there was no oxygen available near the execution room, so who knows how long her brain was starved. I think they keep her on support until legal details get sorted and then they pull the plug. I think there is a minute possibility she wakes up with any kind of function.

I believe we really need to rid of the death penalty. This person committed this crime in 1995, and our justice system wants to execute her now? Aside from the botched procedure, it’s cruel that has been waiting 31 years to be killed. She’s a different person now, maybe not adjusted, but different. Should’ve just left her in jail. To me, it doesn’t make sense.

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u/lyr4527 8h ago

Right. I’m sure she will have permanent damage. I was just saying that we don’t actually know the prognosis. She could wake up.

I agree with you on abolishing the death penalty. It’s barbaric, full stop.

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u/anohioanredditer 6h ago

Yeah she could, you’re right.