联合国人权事务高级专员办事处周四以田纳西州死囚克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）在经历两次注射死刑失败后幸存的事例为由，呼吁废除死刑。
The UN human rights office on Thursday cited the case of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike as a reason to abolish the death penalty after Pike survived two attempts to administer lethal injection drugs.
该办公室在美国一家社交媒体平台上发文称，这一案件“充分暴露了应当废除死刑的多重理由”。文章强调：“多次行刑失败所带来的身体与精神上的长久痛苦是令人厌恶且残忍的”，并补充说，仍有“关键的公正审判问题”尚未解决。
The case "lays bare multiple reasons why the death penalty should be abolished," the office said in a post on the US social media company "The prolonged suffering – physical and mental – arising from multiple failed execution attempts is abhorrent and cruel," it stressed, adding that there are "key fair trial questions" still unresolved.
该办公室在贴文中表示，联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·图尔克（Volker Turk）已呼吁州当局不要再对该死囚实施进一步的行刑尝试。派克因于1995年在诺克斯维尔谋杀科琳·斯莱默（Colleen Slemmer），于1996年被定罪并被判处死刑。
In the post, the office said UN human rights chief Volker Turk had called on state authorities not to pursue further attempts to execute the inmate, who was convicted and sentenced to capital punishment in 1996 for the 1995 slaying of Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville.
该办公室表示：“我们对美国执行死刑数量的增加也感到不安。死刑在任何社会都没有容身之地。”据美国全国广播公司新闻网（NBC News）报道，派克是田纳西州死囚牢房中唯一的女性。她的律师在向联邦法院提交的暂停行刑文件中称，当地时间周三晚间，在对其实施了两剂注射死刑药物后，她依然活着。
"We are also troubled by the increase in the number of executions in the United States," the office said. "The death penalty has no place in any society." Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, remained alive after two syringes of lethal injection drugs were administered to her late Wednesday, her lawyers said in a federal court filing seeking to halt the execution, NBC News reported.
律师表示，周四当地时间晚上8点26分（格林尼治标准时间0126），派克“仍然活着且在打鼾”，她没有失去意识，而且还有心跳。
The lawyers said that at 8.26 pm local time (0126GMT) Thursday, Pike was "still alive and snoring," and that she had not lost consciousness and still had a heartbeat.
据目击，一辆救护车抵达监狱随后离开。联邦法院记录显示，当时正在实施医疗救助，不过派克的具体情况尚不清楚。
An ambulance was seen arriving at the prison and later leaving, and federal court records showed that medical aid was being administered, though Pike's condition was unclear.
据《田纳西人报》报道，在此次行刑失误发生后，田纳西州州长比尔·李（Bill Lee）呼吁对该死刑执行过程进行“全面的第三方审查”，并宣布在今年剩余时间内暂停该州的所有死刑执行，推迟了原定于12月3日对另一名死囚进行的死刑。
Following the botched procedure, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called for a "comprehensive, third-party review" of the execution and announced a halt to all capital punishment in the state through the remainder of the year, suspending an execution scheduled for Dec. 3 for another inmate, The Tennessean newspaper reported.
田纳西州惩教局为其在注射死刑期间的行为进行了辩护，该部门发言人多琳达·卡特表示，官员们“遵循了”该州既定执行规程的“每一步”。
The Tennessee Department of Correction defended its actions during the lethal injection, with department spokesperson Dorinda Carter saying officials "followed every step" of the state’s established execution protocol.
据媒体报道，在此之前，美国最高法院于周三允许田纳西州对派克执行死刑，从而撤销了一项由联邦上诉法院在最后关头下达的暂缓执行注射死刑的命令。
The execution process began after the US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Tennessee to proceed with Pike’s execution, lifting an eleventh-hour order from a federal appeals court that had halted the lethal injection, according to media reports.
最高法院的决定为田纳西州200多年来首次对女性执行死刑扫清了道路。该裁决是在三位自由派大法官投反对票的情况下做出的。
The Supreme Court’s decision cleared the way for Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in more than 200 years. The ruling came over the dissent of three liberal justices.