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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by kruddler -
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But why?

Why step in to save her from a certain death sentence and take her to hospital?

To me it reads like an intervention but meh, I care not.

Something i was listening to a month ago about this stuff sprang to mind with the above comment.

A prisoner on death row tried to kill himself.....i think a week (?) before his execution date by slitting his throat.
He was rushed to hospital, underwent surgery and survived. Only to be executed a week later.

The law is the law.
Doctors take an oath.

In the scheme of things, it doesn't always make sense.....but it is predictable.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Thryleon -
But why?

Why step in to save her from a certain death sentence and take her to hospital?

To me it reads like an intervention but meh, I care not.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs Hawthorn at home
Last post by kruddler -
For those not in Melbourne currently, looking at the rain on the cameras does not do it justice.
A months worth of rain expected in 24 hours currently.

Proud of our girls to be as clean as they have been.

Easy game to lose this one.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Lods -
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Have you?



What do you reckon?

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Pike, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, is said to have been rushed to hospital after her legal team handed in an emergency motion to stop her execution while it was happening.

I read that as.... after it was pretty obvious that they'd botched the execution her legal team sought an emergency motion to stop the whole thing.

(Edit-Apparently that's what happened.)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Thryleon -
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Have you guys read that article?  It suggests the legal Eagles intervened to stop it so im neither here nor there on it.

Have you?

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Death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after she was still alive following two lethal injections.

Christa’s heart was still beating and she was heard snoring despite being given doses of pentobarbital during her execution.

What do you reckon?

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Pike, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, is said to have been rushed to hospital after her legal team handed in an emergency motion to stop her execution while it was happening.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
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Isn't there a rule that if you survive a death penalty method you get set free? Or is that a myth?

I think it's a myth. Apparently it's an old idea that if you survived a hanging, it was a sign of divine intervention. The current thinking / law is that if you are sentenced to death, you pretty much have to end up dead.

Yes, standard procedure in the USA is to provide appropriate medical treatment so that the person can regain their health for a rescheduled execution.  Botching the execution doesn't cancel the death sentence.

The other off thing about this case is that the crime was committed 31 years ago and it's 30 years since the the woman was sentenced to death.