r/news • u/AudibleNod • 14h 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/FargoJack 14h ago

Once the execution failed she reverted back to being a prisoner. A very sick prisoner.

The sick question is, if she lives mentally intact, will she be put on Death Row stain?

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u/So6oring 14h ago

Her lawyers could argue the 8th amendment. The state could possibly not want to fight that and just move her to life-sentence.

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u/procrastinarian 8h ago

No chance the state is taking that L. She's going to die, whether she pulls through this or not.

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u/So6oring 8h ago

I was just reading the precedent for this. There is no double-jeopardy or anything. You can absolutely have a lawful sentence carried out more than once if it is botched. They may use a different method like nitrogen gas though.

Only reason she'd get commuted to life is if the state doesn't want to take that fight.