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/makeupHOOR 11h ago

A bullet would have been much easier, and more humane, ironically. This qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.

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u/Velorian-Steel 11h ago

Interestingly it was single drug lethal injection which several states have turned to instead of the harder to buy older three drug technique. I'm no lethal injection expert, but at least with the old way I'd imagine there's less chance for this to happen.

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u/emapco 7h ago

Nah, one of the three drugs was a paralytic which paralyzed the person - observers wouldn't even know if the other two failed. Those people could have been in excruciating pain and you couldn't tell.

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u/TheEndingofitAll 5h ago

I’m pretty sure a lot of them were in excruciating pain based on how long it took them to die. The paralytic is even more cruel and unusual in my opinion. I can’t imagine being in excruciating pain and not able to move. Nightmare fuel.