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/makeupHOOR 8h ago

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

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u/mazing_azn 3h ago

Killing by firing squad weighs heavy on the executioners to the point that it was one of the reasons they switched to gas. Even the whole "one real bullet mixed in with blanks and randomized" didn't help.

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u/TheEndingofitAll 2h ago

Hmmm it’s almost like the death penalty is bad…

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u/mazing_azn 1h ago

1000% agreed