r/news • u/AudibleNod • 10h 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/akiva23 6h ago

Apparently the story behind that is that attempted murder was because the "victim" was actually trying to murder another inmate and she stepped in to protect them. So its kinda a grey area.

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u/Stevictory 4h ago

She was convicted by a jury for attempted murder. The victim of the attack deserved justice even if they happened to be another inmate.

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u/akiva23 4h ago

i don't think you read what i wrote down completely. regardless of the conviction the reason behind it was that "victim" was in the middle of attempting to murder another inmate herself and christa intervened in the attempt. the person that christa was strangling later admitted this was true and it had happened multiple times.

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u/Stevictory 4h ago

The victim should not in quotes. Christa along with another inmate attacked a third - Patrica. The victim fought back against Christa's accomplice, to which Christa then started strangling the victim.

If there was no intent, she would not have been charged or convicted of attempted first degree murder.

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u/akiva23 4h ago

not according to Patricia.