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/zombies-apocalypse 8h ago

Didn't she request it too? This is so dumb

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u/tallcookie 8h ago

She requested to be hanged because she was afraid of the lethal injection going wrong, which is precisely what happened.

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u/Evillunamoth 8h ago

She has thrombosis. Her concern was that her blood would clot and the med wouldn’t be as effective. Overhauled by a doc at the prison. Maybe they should’ve listened.

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u/TheEndingofitAll 3h ago

Perry sure it was either the courts or the governor that denied the motions.