美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对田纳西州未能执行死刑犯克里丝塔·盖尔·派克表示震惊。
US President Donald Trump has expressed his astonishment at Tennessee’s failure to execute convicted killer Christa Gail Pike.
周三，派克在接受两剂巴比妥类药物戊巴比妥钠后存活，该药物本应作为注射死刑执行，用于惩罚她31年前、年仅18岁时杀害同学的谋杀罪行。
Pike survived two doses of the barbiturate pentobarbital on Wednesday, supposed to have been administered as a lethal injection to execute her for a homicide she committed against a classmate 31 years ago, at age 18.
在这次执行死刑失败后，特朗普在周四访问德克萨斯州时被问及是否应对死刑制度进行改革。
In the wake of the botched execution, Mr Trump was asked whether changes to capital punishment should be made whilst he was visiting Texas on Thursday.
“嗯，那是一个有趣的情况，但你们得去问田纳西州，看他们是否会继续推进，”特朗普回答道。
“Well, that was an interesting situation, but you’re going to have to speak to Tennessee about it, whether or not they’re going to go forward,” Mr Trump responded.
转向德克萨斯州第13国会选区共和党众议员罗尼·杰克逊，特朗普告诉记者，考虑到对方医生的背景，他会更熟悉这个问题。“你知道那是怎么回事吗？一次药物没起作用的执行死刑，”特朗普对杰克逊说。“他比任何人都能回答得更好。怎么会发生这种事？他是个很棒的医生，”特朗普向人群宣布。“我不知道怎么会发生这种事。这应该很容易做到，”杰克逊回应道。特朗普随后表示同意杰克逊的观点，称“它不应该很难。”
Turning to Republican Representative for Texas’s 13th congressional district Ronny Jackson, Mr Trump told reporters his counterpart would be more familiar with the question given his background as a doctor. “You know what that was about? An execution where the medication didn’t exactly work,” Mr Trump said to Mr Jackson. “He would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? He’s a great doctor,” Mr Trump announced to the crowd. “I don’t know how that happens. It should be easy to do,” Mr Jackson responded. Mr Trump then agreed with Mr Jackson, stating “it shouldn’t be very difficult.”
派克执行死刑的记者和目击者回忆，她在入睡并大声打鼾前抱怨手臂有灼烧感。
Reporters and witnesses to Pike’s execution recount her complaining about a burning sensation in her arm before falling asleep and snoring loudly.
这一令人痛苦的场景促使她的法律团队提交紧急动议以停止执行，以免派克遭受进一步伤害，称“派克女士已失去意识，但仍有心跳，且清晰可闻地打着鼾。”
The distressing scene caused her legal team to file an emergency motion to halt the execution before any further harm came to Pike, saying “Ms Pike has lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat and is audibly snoring.”
派克的律师证实，在州政府注射的戊巴比妥钠未能结束这名50岁女子的生命后，她仍然活着，但目前在医院情况危急。
Pike’s attorneys have confirmed she is alive but in a critical condition in hospital following the doses of state-administered pentobarbital failing to end the 50-year-old’s life.
田纳西州州长比尔·李将这次执行死刑失败称为“悲剧”，并承诺暂停该州2026年剩余时间的死刑执行。
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has called the failed execution “a tragedy” and committed to pausing state executions for the remainder of 2026.