Death Penalty Information Center

“after being injected with lethal doses of execution drugs”

Death Penalty Information Center · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-07

The Death Penalty Information Center stated that Pike was the first inmate ever to survive after being injected with lethal doses of execution drugs.

“the execution team first worked on both of Alva Campbell’s arms for about 30 minutes.. while he was on a gurney in the state’s death chamber and then tried to find a vein in his right leg below the knee. … About 80 minutes after the execution was scheduled to begin, the 69-year-old Campbell shook hands with two guards after it appeared the insertion was successful.”

Death Penalty Information Center · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-01

The Death Penalty Information Center described the botched 2017 lethal injection attempt on Alva Campbell in Ohio.