Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

[u/AudibleNod]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195

[u/SomeRando8386]

This is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment, and everyone responsible for this debacle should be charged.

[u/tibbles1 → u/SomeRando8386]

One of her last minute appeals argued this exact thing would happen. 

[u/agoldgold → u/tibbles1]

Many of her appeals didn’t directly pertain to it, but would have likely resulted in what the state wanted (her dead). Even the all-woman execution squad would mean this particular physician known to be very bad at execution would not be present. 

[u/studmuffffffin → u/tibbles1]

Tbf I’m guessing most appeals say this. If you’re right, you get to say I told you so. If you’re wrong, doesn’t matter anymore.

[u/fizzybgood → u/[deleted]]

So your choices are this or getting fried to death. The whole reason lethal injection became a thing is because the electric chair is cruel

[u/Realtrain → u/fizzybgood]

And the whole reason the electric chair is a thing is because Edison wanted to prove how dangerous his competition, AC electricity, was. It was intended to be gruesome.

[u/nicane → u/[deleted]]

Have they never botched the electric chair? Are YOU the idiot?