An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him.

I'm a paramedic, these are absolutely fatal temperatures. "Oh WeLl He HaD a SeIzUrE dIsOrDeR", yeah, it's called heat stroke, you mop handle. People have seizures from heat stroke. Turns out that stuff that makes seizures more likely tends to provoke seizures, go fucking figure. "Well, hold on, they had medical conditions", yeah, medical conditions make people more vulnerable to heat exposure, which means that when you let their core temperatures get up to the level of causing a heat stroke, they're going to fucking die.

I really hope the next of kin can try to get an independent examiner to review their case and sue these jackasses to the point where they can't even keep their dog's shit, because this is absolutely 100% gross negligence, manslaughter, and downright immoral, unethical behavior.

No. It was all of his proteins denaturing that killed him, the heat was merely a part of his totally not cruel and unusual punishment.

Good thing there's nothing in the Constitution about no cruel and unusual punishment. This is fine.

The dying is what killed him.

Indeed, ones responsible for keeping him in that cell are the ones who murdered him by not providing care nor suitable living conditions.

If this state is going to survive, there needs to be some major changes in government this election cycle.

They care more about a unborn fetus than a living breathing human.

I mean the state of Texas is right. The heat didn't kill him, they did with their negligence.

42°C

It's likely they are trying to deflect on a technicality; something like "Medical experts say ...[etc etc]... at 108F."

They tend to do that a lot. Unfortunately that's probably the heat lethal point; and it can vary a lot based on weight and size; which a doctor or educated practitioner would know; but not an average prison guard, captain or warden who is only intelligent enough to go by what their little book says.

Obviously they are not taught nor instructed to have any compassion whatsoever; and prisoners' complaints are routinely ignored, intentionally misrouted, mishandled and withheld without good reason.

It's oftentimes 10x worse in states like Texas...where the usual attitude is to dehumanize prisoners. I genuinely hope they are forced to reform things and stop slacking.

Well of course they aren't going to admit that rising temperatures can kill people. That would require them to look for a solution to the problem. These boomers are going to hide their heads in the sand until it's too late to do anything because their donors are making big money off destroying the planet.

You don't think the Texas government actually gives a fuck, do you?

You guys can secede any time. Go back to being a Mexican roof.

Texas is a barbaric state, just like Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and more. I would kill myself if I was sentenced to serve time in any of them.

It was obviously the humidity that killed him.

It's a dry heat they say....

This is TRUE! ANYONE whose gone through the Texas Education system knows it's ILLEGAL to say things are HOT!

107° is boiling or a bit more than a quarter circle.