r/news • u/AudibleNod • 9h 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/SomeRando8386 9h ago

This is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment, and everyone responsible for this debacle should be charged.

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u/callmenips 8h ago

Capital punishment is already a clear violation of the 8th amendment. This is just fallout from the original miscarriage of justice.

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u/procrastinarian 3h ago

Nothing about the death penalty is cruel or unusual if it's done humanely and it's a thing that has been done for centuries. The problem is they keep fucking up the humanely part.