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Should Christa Pike be released from prison? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 day 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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[–] 7 points 1 day ago

Don’t know. I’d err on the side of caution since the PIC creates animals instead of reforming citizens.

Ideally, there’d be no state sanctioned killings, and prisons would be rehabilitative. Like, I’m sad that the question could even be asked.

Also, she isn’t getting out. There is precedence for the SC to say her death sentence wasn’t carried out. I expect them to keep trying to kill her.

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