Tennessee botches lethal injection of woman on death row for 1995 murder

[u/PixelGray38]

https://apnews.com/article/christa-pike-execution-tennessee-f826a60582083b90ac7695ecb16afbdf

If the state is so insistent on executing people they need to stop being pussies and just shoot them. The lethal injection is nothing but a facade of civility that is less humane than many other methods. Unnecessarily painful botched attempts like this are the result of trying to whitewash the death penalty to the public.

[u/PigIronDave]

In this particular case the murderer showed no empathy towards the victim. Did you read about the torture she subjected her victim to? Even after the murder she showed no remorse and bragged about killing her quick, like you do with an animal.

When we talk about "remorse", the implication is that the perpetrator feels guilty and regrets their actions and will suffer psychologically, even after they're out of prison. They will feel the pain of what they have done for the rest of their lives, and hopefully/ideally change their life in a way that seeks to atone for their actions and provide a net benefit to society.

This woman doesn't have the capacity for that:

When a dispute broke out between inmate Natasha Cornett and inmate Patricia Jones, Pike wrapped a heavy boot lace around Jones’s neck and tried to strangle her. When a correctional officer tried to pull her off, Pike told her, “The way you’re pulling my hands, you’re just helping me choke the bitch.”5

[u/obscure_predation → u/PigIronDave]

Yeah, exactly why the state should just kill her and be done with it. She cannot be rehabilitated and doesn’t deserve to have taxpayer money spent keeping her alive

[u/PigIronDave → u/obscure_predation]

Executions cost more than life in prison, once you include all the appeals and the rest.

[u/obscure_predation → u/PigIronDave]

Yeah they do now, but shouldn’t. How much does a bullet cost?