Well, it's quite the try.
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A Prisoner Who Briefly Died Argues That He’s Served His Life Sentence
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Well, it's quite the try.
If you're able to make an argument you never died. The idea that you died because your heart stopped briefly is laughable
This is prioritizing the letter of the law over the spirit of it in the dumbest possible way. But regardless he never actually died, resuscitatation isn't resurrection
This.
But if you take him at his word, then he would need a new name, SSN and everything as he's a new person no?
Would be a terrible move if a judge was stupid enough to allow it. Suicides and attempted suicides in prison would likely skyrocket, attempting to ride that line in hope of getting out.
Right, but there are some folks that would give it the "technically correct" point until proven otherwise.
I don't believe it's technically correct, for the record.
Honestly, motherfucker has a point (he doesn't)... should have given him two life sentences, LOL.
I read this story earlier, and one thing I found interesting was this:
Which seems messed up, in my opinion.
Which seems messed up, in my opinion.
This is the first time I've actually seen this in motion. I've only seen the meme version of this in static images.
But on-topic, he's a murderer, fuck his rights.
People shouldn't be put in prison for life to begin with
The length of prison sentences in this country is absurd and misses the point of prison, puts an unnecessary cost on the state, and is cruel to prisoners.
The length of prison sentences in this country is absurd and misses the point of prison, puts an unnecessary cost on the state, and is cruel to prisoners.
It always irks me when people are described as "being dead for 2 minutes", or "briefly died". No they didn't. If you die, you die. You don't die and then you're ok. You weren't dead.
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This shouldn't be allowed. If it is, it sets a dangerous precedent. Lifetime prisoners will attempt the same thing because why not, right? And imagine being the family of a victim where you see the murder go free because of this.
I mean, what do you call not having any signs of life then? Because I thought it's even accepted by doctors and nurses that you could die but be resuscitated back to life.
He didn't die.
He had brain activity for sure. Did they check for that? Cardiopulmonary arrest doesn't mean death.
This was the first thing I thought of and am so happy to see it as the first reply. Well done.
If I'm on the operating table and my heart stops beating I'm dead right? Surely I'm dead if no one does anything. But if the medical staff intervene and restart my heart then we can agree I'm alive. IDK I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your sentiment (our nomenclature of death implies permanence) but it seems to me that you can be technically dead and then brought back to life in medical terms.
Off course not. You can be alive without a heartbeat, and a heart can beat without a live person. Heart beat doesn't determine life.