Robin Maher

“It’s likely that her veins were blown, or that the needle went through the vein.”

Robin Maher · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Maher suggested Pike's veins may have been blown or the needle went through the vein, explaining the failed execution.

“Everyone has speculated that the drugs were administered to her but did not enter her bloodstream in sufficient amounts to kill her,”

Robin Maher · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Maher speculated that the drugs administered to Christa Pike did not enter her bloodstream in sufficient amounts to kill her.

“This is an opportunity for everyone to stop and really carefully examine all of the ways in which this execution went wrong and to make good decisions about how to move forward, if we’re going to move forward with this method of execution,”

Robin Maher · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Robin Maher commented on the failed execution of Christa Pike as an opportunity to examine what went wrong with lethal injection.

“We saw no information about why this had gone wrong and no explanation or corrective action to ensure that wouldn’t happen another time.”

Robin Maher · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03

Maher raised concerns about the lack of transparency after Carruthers' botched execution in May.

“Governor Lee should urge his officials to be forthcoming about all the mistakes that may have been made and to accept responsibility for whatever went wrong with these executions,”

Robin Maher · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03

Maher urged Governor Lee to press officials to be forthcoming about mistakes and accept responsibility for failed executions.

“Just earlier this year, in August, there were three executions on the same day,”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Three states carried out lethal injections on the same day in August 2026.

“This month, the month of September, we have seven executions scheduled. Last year in October, we had seven executions in a single month. But before then, we'd have to go back all the way to 2010 to see that number in a single month.”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Seven executions are scheduled in September, a number last seen in a single month in October of the prior year and before that in 2010.

“Gov. DeSantis has decided that he wants to set a record in the number of executions that are conducted during his term. He has scheduled an execution for roughly every two weeks in the state of Florida, both last year and this year.”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Maher said Gov. DeSantis has scheduled roughly one execution every two weeks in Florida over the past two years.

“Last year was a very unusual year. It was the most executions we've seen in 15 years in the United States,”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

The prior year saw the most executions in the U.S. in 15 years.

“This year, we do not expect to reach that number of executions again. There are a number of other warrants that are still open for this year, but I don't think we'll reach the high that we reached last year.”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Maher said she does not expect 2026 to reach the high number of executions seen the prior year.

“All of this is really due to Florida,”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Maher attributed the high volume of executions to Florida's accelerated execution schedule.

“This is an unusual year in that we're seeing occurrences like a number of executions scheduled on the same day or during the same month. But there's no evidence there's any coordination among the states to have all these executions occur simultaneously. This looks largely to be a coincidence.”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Maher said there is no evidence of coordination among states for simultaneous executions and described the clustering as a coincidence.

“It's not very common to have this many executions just across a couple of days,”

Robin Maher · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Multiple executions are scheduled across several U.S. states within a 24-hour window in the same week.