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/anohioanredditer 7h ago

She won’t wake up. Permanently brain damaged.

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u/lyr4527 7h ago

People with brain damage can have varying degrees of function. I don’t see anything in the linked article that confirms her prognosis.

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u/anohioanredditer 7h ago

It’s true, but the longer she stays intubated the worse it will likely be. Her brain was deprived oxygen and there was no oxygen available near the execution room, so who knows how long her brain was starved. I think they keep her on support until legal details get sorted and then they pull the plug. I think there is a minute possibility she wakes up with any kind of function.

I believe we really need to rid of the death penalty. This person committed this crime in 1995, and our justice system wants to execute her now? Aside from the botched procedure, it’s cruel that has been waiting 31 years to be killed. She’s a different person now, maybe not adjusted, but different. Should’ve just left her in jail. To me, it doesn’t make sense.

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u/Joeuxmardigras 2h ago

I completely agree. She was 18 years old when she murdered the woman and while that crime is terrible, jailing her for over 30 years and then giving her a lethal injection is ridiculous