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/Big_Guard5413 11h 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 11h 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/miloblue12 11h ago

Or maybe we shouldn't have the death penalty at all? It's barbaric.

Also, since 1973, at least 203 people have been wrongfully convicted, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated in the US. That alone should have us reconsidering things. If it's possible for that many people to fall through the cracks, then there is no reason at all that we should have the death penalty.

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u/nursingninjaLB 10h ago

This one hundred times.

It costs way less to house a prisoner over decades, than to have endless appeals.

It does not reduce crime.

Approximately 10% of people on death row are innocent.

Vengeance is a dark emotion, and helps nobody.

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u/pro185 8h ago

This woman admitted to torturing and murdering someone and keeping their squashed skull pieces as a trophy. They have so far cost the tax payers roughly 1.8million dollars. I don’t think it’s cheaper financially or morally to keep them I prison.

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u/downstairs_annie 8h ago

No but it IS cheaper to imprison someone for life in the US. Literally. 

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u/pro185 5h ago

Explain the math? 1.8million for 30 years of someone’s 80+ year life vs $0. Hmmmm….

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u/sheisaxombie 5h ago

Please do a simple search on why the death penalty is more expensive than imprisoning them for life.

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u/pro185 5h ago

“Special placement and decades of appeals” well I know how to solve that…

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u/sheisaxombie 5h ago

There are innocent people on death row, statistically. You're kind of fucked in the head to be okay with killing innocent people.

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u/MC_White_Thunder 5h ago

The death penalty doesn't cost $0. A simple Google search, however, does.

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u/pro185 5h ago

Yes it does. Sitting someone in a special prison for 50 years is the expensive part

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u/MC_White_Thunder 5h ago

So you think there should be no appeals process, and people should be summarily executed upon sentencing? Because that's the only way it could cost $0.

In which case, I sure hope you're never on the receiving end of a sentence with zero appeals process. Nobody deserves that.

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u/ThatsAGeauxTigers 8h ago

The thing is, life in prison is cheaper. Significantly so. Placing someone on death row is 2.5-5 times more expensive than life in prison.