Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts consider...
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volare22 days ago3 points
horrific scenario. What they described as “snoring” was Pike’s CNS struggling to keep breathing; the use of “snoring” also allows the reader to assume that Pike was asleep and unaware of what was happening due to the drug, which is absolutely not the case in most incidents of this kind.
I don’t know what the answer is, I just know it ain’t this.
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volare22 days ago3 points
Source of medical info: me, 16 years as an EMT.
“Snoring” respirations are frightening indicators of a body shutting down with no guarantee that the person isn’t fully aware that they’re suffocating and unable to do anything about it. They may look asleep; they’re not. Opioid ODs are often like this as well. It’s terrifying that we’re legally allowed to inflict this on others and it’s seen as a peaceful death; it’s most often anything but.
Depends on the specific set of drugs used and in what order.
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volare21 days ago3 points
Worst part is they’re deliberately making it horrible.
“Assisted euthanasia” meant for terminally ill people who choose it has a completely effective drug protocol that ensures a quick, peaceful death. Every time.
Proves the death penalty has nothing to do with “eye for an eye” justice. There’s no method ever used that isn’t hideously painful first.
It’s legal torture that leads to a death… usually.
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