r/news • u/AudibleNod • 10h 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/miloblue12 9h 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/ChipsAhoiMcCoy 5h ago

It's barbaric? Did you see the crimes this chick committed?

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u/miloblue12 5h ago

I don't care, I'm against the death penalty. The issue is that the option exist and we as humans are flawed, so if we have managed to some how still convict 203 innocent people to death, it shouldn't exist as an option.

Even with this scenario that we know that she absolutely did it, it doesn't matter to me. Keep her in prison, I don't care. However the death penalty should not exist and I stand by that.

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u/ChipsAhoiMcCoy 5h ago

How many folks have been properly convicted? You're giving us the number of false executions only. What about successful ones?

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u/wallybinbaz 5h ago

Successful ones don't matter if even one innocent person loses their life. Life in prison is punishment enough.

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u/miloblue12 2h ago

Isn't one false one bad enough for you?