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Should Christa Pike be released from prison? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 19 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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So my thinking here is this: she was sentenced to death, she received her punishment (failed execution), sentence can be considered complete?

I dont know much about US/Tennessee law but it would seem that she is in uncharted territory - having survived execution - and is a bit of a headache for the legal system? Are there any other cases like this and what happened?

My thinking is very liberal/European (I dont support capital punishment anyway) but providing she is no longer a risk to society - just release her. If it can be proved she is a risk, transfer her to a low security prison?

FYI: Christa Pike

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[–] 6 points 17 hours ago

I heard a story once from the midevil times where they changed the law from "hanged" to "hanged until death" cause they had to let someone off after a botched hanging.

Not too much precedent since then though cause most civilised countries have since banned state murder.

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