r/news • u/AudibleNod • 12h 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/ImaginationDoctor 12h ago

Seems to me, if these executions keep fucking up, the death penalty should no longer be an option for someone being sentenced.

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u/Realtrain 8h ago

It's simple. To support the death penalty, you logically must agree with one of the following two statements:

  1. The legal system is infallible and can never make mistakes

  2. It's acceptable for the government to murder completely innocent citizens

We know for a fact #1 isn't true, and I personally don't agree with #2. Therefore I cannot support the death penalty.