Pike’s lawyers said she is back in same prison she’s lived in for last 30 years and will continue to receive medical care
Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital after surviving Tennessee’s botched 30 September attempt to execute her by lethal injection and is back in prison, her lawyers said on Saturday.
Saturday’s update about Pike came 10 days after the death row prisoner was given two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal injection drug, in what proved to be a failed execution attempt. She was hospitalized after surviving the botched execution and was declared brain dead on Monday.
But in a shocking turnaround, on Thursday her lawyer said that she was “up and walking” – though she remained “somewhat foggy” and wasn’t able to use her arms very much.
Pike said that her arms were burning during the failed execution and asked if it was supposed to feel that way. Witnesses present in the chamber said that “nothing was normal” while officials have maintained that they followed every step of Tennessee’s approved execution protocol.
As much as I oppose capital punishment, if you guys have to do it, why not use something that’s a guaranteed kill? IDK, a super fast head crushing machine or something.
Because the chemical execution method isn’t to ensure the swift, painless death of the accused, it’s to soothe the psyche of the executioner
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There’s exactly 0 reasons not to use nitrogen for death penalty. Guaranteed death every time.
Pneumatic hammer on the back of a chair strait into the back of the skull.
Of all the proven ways to end a life quickly and (for all we know) relatively painless that is what you came up with? 😅
Or monoxide, what happened to carbon monoxide?
Isn’t that like drowning/suffocating? I was thinking instant death, be humain if you must kill someone.
Monoxide is the one that is dangerous because it makes you sleepy and then you die in your sleep. Dioxide is the one that feels like suffocating (because it’s literally the same. Your lungs can no longer get rid of the CO2 in your body and that’s very painful to us).