克ista·派克（Christa Pike）在纳什维尔的里弗本德最高安全级别惩教所（Riverbend Maximum Security Institution）被注射致命药物后，仍继续呼吸了近一个小时。
Christa Pike continued breathing for nearly an hour after she was administered lethal drugs in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
田纳西州于周三晚间试图对克里斯塔·派克执行死刑时发生的混乱情况，属于专家所称的“拙劣死刑执行”（botched executions）的广义范畴。
The chaotic developments that unfolded late Wednesday when the state of Tennessee sought to carry out a death penalty for Christa Pike fall under a broad category that experts call botched executions.
尽管该术语没有官方定义，但学者们将其描述为：背离了官方程序、出现了意想不到的问题或延误并给囚犯造成不必要的痛苦、或者反映出执行人员严重无能的死刑执行。
While there is no official definition for the term, academics have describedthem as executions that departed from official protocol, involved unanticipated problems or delays that caused unnecessary pain for the prisoner, or that reflected gross incompetence from the executioner.
派克在被注射两轮致命药物后仍呼吸了近一个小时，导致该州暂停了死刑执行，并将其送往附近的医院接受治疗。她的律师周三晚间表示，他们尚未获得有关其病情最新进展的通报。
Pike continued breathing for nearly an hour after she was administered two rounds of lethal drugs, leading the state to halt her execution and take her to a nearby hospital for treatment. Her lawyers said late Wednesday they had not been updated on her condition.
以下是维权组织和观察人士认为属于执行拙劣的一些近期备受瞩目的死刑案例。
Here are some of the most recent high-profile executions that advocacy groups and observers say were botched.
托尼·卡瑟斯（Tony Carruthers），5月。在当局于5月对其致命注射执行失败后，被治罪的谋杀犯托尼·卡瑟斯获得了田纳西州共和党籍州长比尔·李（Bill Lee）为期一年的暂缓执行令。
Tony Carruthers, May Convicted murderer Tony Carruthers was granted a one-year reprieve by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) after authorities botched his lethal injection in May.
卡瑟斯原定在里弗本德最高安全级别惩教所接受死刑——这也是派克原定接受死刑的同一所纳什维尔监狱。
Carruthers was due to be executed at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution — the same Nashville prison where Pike’s sentence was to be carried out.
惩教部门表示，医务人员已为卡瑟斯建立了第一条静脉注射通路，但未能按照该州死刑程序的要求建立备用通路。随后的尝试也告失败，死刑执行随即被取消。
The Department of Correction said medical personnel had established a primary IV line for Carruthers but were not able to establish a backup line as required by the state’s execution protocol. A subsequent effort failed and the execution was called off.
该事件还促使医疗专业人员敦促李州长暂停死刑，称该过程不符合法律、程序“或基本的人类尊严”。安东尼·博伊德（Anthony Boyd），2025年。2025年10月，博伊德在亚拉巴马州通过氮气被执行死刑，氮气是通过面罩输送以导致意识丧失和死亡的。
The case also led medical professionals to urge Lee to suspend executions, saying the process does not comply with the law, protocol “or basic human decency.”Anthony Boyd, 2025 Boyd was executed in Alabama by nitrogen gas, which is administered through a mask to cause unconsciousness and death, in October 2025.
博伊德因1993年的一起谋杀案被定罪，他曾提起诉讼，主张氮气处决违反宪法，构成“残忍且异常的惩罚”，并称此前死囚在该处决方式中表现出“恐惧和痛苦”的迹象，但未能成功争取到暂缓执行。他提出愿意改以枪决、绞刑或医疗协助方式赴死。
Boyd, who was convicted for a 1993 murder, had unsuccessfully fought for a stay of execution in a lawsuit alleging that nitrogen gas is unconstitutionally “cruel and unusual” and that previous death row inmates had showed signs of “terror and pain” during the method. He offered to die by firing squad, hanging or medical aid instead.
托马斯·克里奇，2024年。2024年2月，爱达荷州当局在医务人员无法为注射死刑插入静脉输液管后，停止了连环杀手托马斯·克里奇的处决。
Thomas Creech, 2024 Authorities in Idaho stopped the execution of serial killer Thomas Creech in February 2024 after medical workers were unable to insert an IV line for lethal injection.
这次失败凸显了人们对注射死刑的使用以及处决执行人员培训的担忧。克里奇目前仍关押在死囚牢房。
The failed attempt highlighted concerns about the use of lethal injections and the training of those carrying out the executions. Creech remains on death row.