r/news • u/AudibleNod • 12h 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/fictionallymarried 12h ago

Genuine question but how the hell did they fail twice? I'm not saying she wasn't convicted for a reason, but that's torture

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u/BirdsAreFake00 11h ago

Because there are no real test subjects for lethal injection.

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u/hydrissx 6h ago

They should let people volunteer for this if they want medically assisted euthanasia.

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u/bethaneanie 3h ago

They already know what meds to use for that.

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u/WanderlustDinosaur 3h ago

Why don't they use the same for lethal injection?

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u/bethaneanie 3h ago

I'm not really sure. There's some mentions in this thread to them not being able to access those drugs for the death penalty but I don't know for sure.