If you survive your execution, lethal injection and electric chair somehow, this is what they will do with you
It has happened. I know of at least two instances. The first was a man who was put in the electric chair. This was in the 1950s. Something went wrong and the jolts he got weren't enough to kill him. The horrible truth is, they took him back to his cell, where he received medical attention, had electricians work on the problem until it was diagnosed and repaired, then brought the prisoner back to the chair, strapped him in and ran the juice through him again.
This time did the trick. He died. In the account I read, the prisoner was quite hysterical after the botched first try, and became even more hysterical as he was brought back out. Nice, huh?
The second was a man more recently. It was to be a lethal injection, but try as they may, they couldn't get the IV started. A doctor called in said it was probably a physiological reaction to fear that caused the veins to shrink below the skin so much, no one could get a needle into one.
After almost 90 minutes of trying, the prisoner undergoing numerous needle sticks and "needle digging" as the medical personnel tried to get the needle deep enough to penetrate a vein, prison administrators called it a day and the prisoner was returned to his cell. In the intervening time, the man's attorneys made an appeal to commute execution to a life sentence on the basis of cruel and unusual punishment.
They assert nothing could be more cruel or unusual than to put a man through a prolonged, agonizing execution attempt, call it off for technical reasons, then put him through it all over again. I think the appeal has been going on for two years. He may be nearing the end of his appeals but it remains to be seen whether or not his life will be spared.
So the answer to your question is, the state would give the condemned inmate medical attention, then try to carry out the execution again. Ironically, if a death row inmate attempts suicide--even on the same day the execution is scheduled--the dysfunctional state would try to save the inmate so the execution could be carried out as planned. This is an example (IMO) of how completely insane the death penalty system is.
Update: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Broom’s appeal. His case was remanded to the Ohio Supreme Court, which set a new date for Broom’s execution. The new date is now June 17, 2020.
In April (2020), on appeal Romell Broom was granted a stay of execution to March, 2022.
Romell Broom died recently from COVID-19. So his story is over.
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