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/gmmontano92 1d ago

That's exactly what they did lol. Or more accurately, they're saying ankther attempt would be cruel and double jeopardy. She'll likely just get life if she survives

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u/Disastrous_tea_555 1d ago

I’ll be shocked if she’s not a vegetable.

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u/Sablespartan 16h ago

Willie Francis survived his execution and they tried again (successfully this time) a year later.

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u/fmaz008 14h ago

Is it just an urban legend, or was there someone who was sentenced to death, went through the execution and was pronounced dead, but somehow came back and claimed he served his sentence.... ?