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Christa Pike was set to be executed. Until she wasn't, but then it was ruled she could be one of the first women in many years to be legally killed in the state of Tennessee. Then, it went horribly awry, and two doses of a drug that were supposed to kill her failed. She is now on a ventilator and unconscious. In summary, an attempt to kill someone failed, so now she's being kept on life support. America, if we fail to kill you, we'll barely keep you alive! In all seriousness, however, this goes back to my post in 2022, "The Death Penalty is Arguably Useless as a Deterrent and Often Used Unfairly." If you recall that post or check it out now, I touch upon how the Death Penalty would work in a perfectly objective World, but we live in a subjective reality. It is supposed to be a deterrent, but it is often used in ways that are racially motivated, impacted by gender, and so forth. I would agree that certain people are not fit to walk this Earth. There are horrible excuses for human…

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