lechekaflan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoCourt halts execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee for a murder she committed at age 18apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down15
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkCourt halts execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee for a murder she committed at age 18apnews.comlechekaflan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·4 days agoI’m not sure why the court has decided this now rather than at some time during the preceding decades that she spent on death row.
minus-squarekurmudgeon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·4 days agoNo kidding. This should have been reviewed over the last 30 years or more. Not 1 hour before the fucking execution is set to take place. How was that not cruel and unusual punishment?
I’m not sure why the court has decided this now rather than at some time during the preceding decades that she spent on death row.
No kidding. This should have been reviewed over the last 30 years or more. Not 1 hour before the fucking execution is set to take place. How was that not cruel and unusual punishment?