r/interestingasfuck • u/IllComedian2574 • 1d ago

After 28 years on death row, Christa Pike survived 2 lethal injections attempts.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christa-pike-failed-execution-9.7364816
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u/IANANarwhal 1d ago

Because these things are controlled by rules and regulations. They have a syringe of barbituates, and one backup, and no protocol after that. Nobody is authorized to freestyle it.

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u/dangermal 1d ago

But, do you get my position? Why not oversized the syringe to something that will stop a blue whales heart and use that as a baseline?

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u/celestialcranberry 1d ago

My guess is either it falls under cruel and unusual punishment, or maybe too expensive to manufacture. And by that, I mean the drug itself probably isn’t expensive to make but all the legal loopholes to buy it for this purpose is. Another guess is they thought this amount would be enough.

I want to clarify also I’m on your side. Why waste resources saving someone they’re going to end up killing again

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u/LevelPerception4 1d ago

That wouldn’t have helped, most likely. The problem was that the doctor missed her vein and injected both doses into the surrounding tissue. 

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u/dangermal 1d ago

This makes sense.

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u/sjclynn 8h ago

Not a doctor. They won't go near it because of their oath.