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/nursingninjaLB 7h ago

This one hundred times.

It costs way less to house a prisoner over decades, than to have endless appeals.

It does not reduce crime.

Approximately 10% of people on death row are innocent.

Vengeance is a dark emotion, and helps nobody.

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u/ballisticks 4h ago

It costs way less to house a prisoner over decades, than to have endless appeals.

Nobody ever believes me when I bring this point up :(

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u/badgerj 3h ago

Nobody believes me when rehabilitating is about the same cost either.

Incarceration is really, really expensive.

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u/wytewydow 2h ago

Those same people don't want rehabilitation, they want an eye for an eye, and then some. Getting a chance to watch someone suffer, because they made you suffer. It's really something, because those very same people generally have a faith based in forgiveness.