Pike survived a lethal injection execution on Wednesday. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.
Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee earlier this week, is on a ventilator as she receives care in the hospital, her lawyers said in a new statement Friday.
“Christa remains critically ill and is receiving medical care for the devastating effects of Wednesday night’s events,” the lawyers’ statement said. “She is critically ill, unconscious, intubated and receiving breathing assistance through a ventilator.”
The statement said she is being treated for “the serious effects of the pentobarbital administered during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms.”
I can’t believe they don’t just use barbituates like some countries with physician assisted suicide do. They just fall asleep, essentially. Not that I’m arguing in favor of the death penalty in any way.
Or heroin. In the past I’ve overdosed on heroin a couple of times and it is quick and painless. And it’s not as though it’s difficult to source.
That said, I’m also against the death penalty until we can come up with a system that correctly identifies the guilty 100% of the time. I doubt that’ll ever be possible.
Heroin doesn’t sound bad sedated. Go out in a big high if you even feel it.
Pentobarbitol is a barbituate. That’s whatthwy used.
Ah. Shit.
For the record I think the death penalty should be abolished. However, I’ve always thought guillotine would be the way to go. Very quick, and without a head there is no chance they aren’t dead. I guess that’s just too yucky.
Maybe if they were sedated first. I can’t imagine having my head shoved in a place to cut it off and hearing the thing start sliding down.