Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennes

Cbear : I am not personally big on the death penalty, primarily because it does not deter anyone from killing another person, and psychopaths will always be psychopaths. But, I understand why it is a form of punishment; if they are going to do it, then it should be foolproof. Go back to firing squads or the electric chair, if they can't get decent enough veins for lethal injections.

buffaloglenn : This is the 2nd fail for TN this year. That said, I have to wonder what is the next step here? The system needs some work. The murder she and her lover committed was gruesome. Evidently, they carved a pentagram on the body. Ms. Pike took a piece of the skull from the victim. This is so controversial. People are calling it cruel for her to "linger". Well, the murder was pretty awful too. She got 30 years of 3 hots and a cot. I will be called out here but, after 2 injections and nothing....had they given it a bit more time..maybe she would have passed.

buffaloglenn :
Fire squad would work not matter the condition of the prisoner. I personally would not want to live in prison. I would welcome the firing squad.

My guess is she has a veinous line functioning now and is alive because she is on a ventilator. Use the line for pain killer (morphine) and turn off the ventilator.

I am curious as to what Christians think about the death penalty.

FRUGAL : You know the hospital will keep her alive as long as they possibly can. I am sure the state is paying for it and unfortunately, they will pay the huge bill without even vetting what is being charged. It is all sick!

Kaylagirl : I am a Christian. I believe in the death penalty. God does not expect us to let murderers roam our streets and we should not have to house them till they die of natural causes.

Kaylagirl :
I'm a Christian and I am absolutely FOR the death penalty.
There are Evil people who kill and their punishment should be Death.
When someone has been determined to be the hand of death, then their punishment should be Death. Not life without parole. Death. Screw their remorse, screw their jail house conversion to Christianity and their jail house college degree. Death should be the punishment. Nothing less.People forget that prison and or death is Punishment. That's why Texas changed the name from TDOC (Texas Dept of Corrections) to TDCJ (Texas Dept of Criminal Justice). Because the primary goal is JUSTICE not corrections. And I don't want to hear from the bleeding hearts that think all criminals want to turn their life around, they just need our help. B...S...!Yes, I am 100% FOR the death penalty. I always have been. Wrote a college thesis on it in fact.

I believe in the death penalty as long as it's an absolute that person is the guilty person. For example, if you get caught holding the smoking gun, or the evidence is spot on, then no need to drag it out for thirty years. Caught, convicted, sentenced and executed if that is the sentence. The victim and their family deserve a timely justice. This girl was 18 when she committed this horrible gruesome crime. She got to live for another 30 years. In jail, yes, but she lived, she laughed, she maybe even had some lovers. So, she robbed a life and chose hers. Nope, just use fentynol. They say it takes a pinhead amount.

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buffaloglenn :
There is no foolproof method. After an initial fail, does does it become a Roman circus like spectacle dwvolved into MORE, MORE, MORE! I find that inhuman.
I would question whether of for whatever reason a higher power intervened to save that person
Not an easy subject matter.

Sunnycl :
Thanks for your response. I always have believed in it. The last several years I have had a stronger belief in God, and feel closer to him... I guess you could say. So I just wondered if it was wrong to still believe in the death penalty. I always hear about Christians forgiving people that murdered their children and things like that. And I think..... no way could I ever. And I think many Christians just feel that killing is never right no matter what, even when the justice system sentences someone to death. It is interesting to know how other people feel about it.

Great points. They keep living their lives, after taking someone else's life. Having all those moments their victim did not have. And it was a horrific crime. No excuses even if you were treated badly. Many abused people rise above and do not kill, or even break the law.

Cbear :
This case is going to be a feeding frenzy for attorneys. Maybe even a triple jeopardy issue if they try to do it again ?