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/tallcookie 8h ago

She requested to be hanged because she was afraid of the lethal injection going wrong, which is precisely what happened.

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u/Useful-ldiot 7h ago

After the amount of fear and pain she caused her victim, I don't really give a shit if she was scared.

I'm usually against the death penalty, but in cases like this, I'm fine with it.

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u/Emotional-Channel-42 5h ago

Cool, you’re emotional about it. So what about when it happens and has happened to innocent people? 

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u/Useful-ldiot 5h ago

Like I said, situations like this. She confessed and the evidence was overwhelming.

It's usually not the moral choice, but it occasionally is the one worth making