What Happens When Death Row Execution Fails

Nothing is perfect, not even a Death Row execution! But what happens if an execution gets botched? Check out today's video to find out the protocol for when Death Row executions go terribly wrong. And believe us, they do!

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[sampp]

I feel so bad for everyone who went to jail innocent imagine getting
executed or being your whole life in jail while your innocent so awful

[untouchablex]

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." Eddard Stark

[ladieslilbitch]

That's quite terrible what they did to that teenager, especially considering they did not have enough evidence to convict him to begin with and that he obviously had a crooked attorney that did nothing to help him. Heart breaking Shameful.

[wolf-mvdr]

"are you okay?"

Ah yes, the perfect question to ask someone that you're killing

[ShortHax]

*You know the meaning of life, when it’s your turn to lose it*

[eminemforever]

The current most painless execution is firing squad, but the most humane and painless is death by nitrogen hypoxia. Think of the gas chambers but no choking or discomfort, you experience a type of high and then slowly pass out, and die in peace. They can turn it off and you'll regain consciousness and live if you've been pardoned, but you may have brain damage depending on how long you were in there. Lethal injection has to be one of the most inhumane and painful ways of execution in the US currently. The chair is preferable over it.

[kayamagan]

At the time firing squad was employed in my country, the person to be executed was usually shot by a specified beachside, by a squad selected from different regions from the country, so there's no clean up after. Aim was set to the chest or so, with a coupe de gras to the head.
Been the most simple and effective method I've seen so far.

[karenmahoney]

I'm so glad the Lockett family was able to sue, and they were able to say it fell short of human standards.

[greenpegatrix]

Whatever happened to just a gunshot to the head? Pretty sure that is hard to mess up. Be close enough so you can't miss. If he somehow survives, double tap.

[OneTwoFive]

Imagine being like, “oh so you aren’t dead? READY FOR ROUND TWO?!”

[Temptazer]

Fun Fact: People who were executed by guillotine fought to be first because the blade gets dull after each use and on later people might not even chop their heads completely off and they would experience immense pain and would not be killed

[playingindies]

the death penalty should be exclusive for repeat rapists and child molestors, sadly they get quite minor sentences

the rest should just get life in prison.

[PrincessQ-fjly]

I just can't believe how horrifying executions can be when they go horribly wrong! It makes it all the more heartbreaking when the convict is innocent. Now I know why a lot of people wanted the death penalty to be abolished. It really CAN be cruel and unusual punishment! 😰

[point-break_fett]

Love how the doctor came in wearing a "covid" mask

[bunsenn]

The first use of the electric chair actually led to the procedure of shaving an inmate’s head before they’re executed in it. When it was used on the inmate, his hair caught fire, his skin started to char, and he burned to death while simultaneously being electrocuted to death.

[AndersPuschel]

I forget which one. but there was one case where the inmate survived the execution, and when authorities wanted to set a new date for a second attempt to take his life, his lawyers argued that he had already been executed, and that executing him again would be double jeopardy.

[Vociferous]

“The trapdoor nonetheless failed to open”

That man life: *_Why are we here.. just to suffer_*

[brokenbridge]

I remember hearing that after surviving the electric chair one death row inmate suddenly had a craving for cold peanut butter. Interesting.

[kilovolt]

What’s interesting about Lockett’s case: Johnny Zellmer, the doctor who messed up, broke the oath—is still practicing. I have no clue how this works

[kashmaupin]

How are you aloud to send someone to death when they are 15 and there is very little evidence against him?