All 9 Prisoners America Tried to Execute - And Failed

Since 1946, nine people in the United States have survived the state's own attempt to execute them - including Christa Pike, whose September 30, 2026 execution failed after Tennessee administered two doses of lethal injection drugs over more than two hours. In this video, we break down all nine cases in full: Willie Francis, the first person this ever happened to, and the Supreme Court case that decided he could be executed again; Romell Broom, Alva Campbell, and Doyle Lee Hamm, who all died waiting on death row rather than ever being executed; Kenneth Eugene Smith and Alan Eugene Miller, both of whom survived failed lethal injections in Alabama in 2022 and were later executed by nitrogen hypoxia — the first and second nitrogen gas executions in world history; and Thomas Eugene Creech, Tony Von Carruthers, and Christa Pike, three people currently alive on death row with no execution date and no resolution. We cover each case's crime, trial, the exact mechanics of the failed execution, and what happened after — including the final words, where recorded, of those who were eventually executed. All information in this video is sourced from official records, trial transcripts, court opinions, and public statements. Each case includes a full breakdown: the crime, trial and conviction, time spent on death row, the failed execution itself, and what happened to that person afterward. 📌 Subscribe to Exsecutus for more Death Row stories #ChristaPike #WillieFrancis #KennethEugeneSmith #AlanEugeneMiller #RomellBroom #AlvaCampbell #DoyleLeeHamm #ThomasCreech #TonyCarruthers #DeathRow #SurvivedExecution #NitrogenHypoxia #LethalInjection #FinalWords #LastMeal #Executions2026 #TrueCrime #CapitalPunishment #TennesseeExecution #AlabamaExecution ❗️ DISCLAIMER: The clips and pictures used in this video are a mix of paid stock, by attribution, royalty-free, public domain, and other copyright-free sources and are used in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines and Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. No copyright infringement is intended. All rights belong to their respective owners. If you are or represent the copyright owner of any materials used in this video and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to us and we will respond immediately.