田纳西州囚犯克里斯塔·派克在两次死刑注射尝试失败后情况危急：据其律师透露，周四，克里斯塔·派克仍处于危急状态，正在接受“救命治疗”。就在前一天，她经历了两次由州政府执行人员实施的死刑注射尝试，但均未成功。
Christa Pike in critical condition after failed execution attempts: Lawyer Tennessee inmate Christa Pike was in critical condition and receiving “lifesaving medical care” on Thursday, a day after surviving two failed lethal injection attempts by state executioners, according to her lawyers.
周三执行过程中，律师兰迪·斯皮维全程在场。他在新闻发布会上称，州执行人员“花了整整一小时试图为派克建立静脉通道”，仅在其左臂就使用了七支针头。
Attorney Randy Spivey, who was present at the Wednesday execution attempt, said during a press conference that state executioners “attempted to establish an IV line for an hour” and used seven needles in her left arm alone.
“田纳西州再次证明了自己根本无法以符合基本人类尊严的方式执行死刑，”斯皮维说道，“昨夜的尝试不仅效率低下，更是残忍至极、如同酷刑一般。”
“The state of Tennessee has shown us again that they are not capable of carrying out an execution consistent with basic human dignity,” Spivey said. “Last night was not just inefficient. It was cruel and it was torturous.
他接着补充道：“这种情况其实早在预料之中。”原来，派克自幼便患有血液疾病，这大大增加了将针头准确插入其静脉的难度。
“It was also predictable,” he continued, referencing Pike’s lifelong blood disorder that complicated the process of successfully inserting needles into her veins.
“克里斯塔的法律团队早已向田纳西州政府及法院说明，她的身体状况会导致她在死刑过程中遭受极度痛苦，”这位律师强调，“然而州政府和法院却对她的担忧置若罔闻。”田纳西州州长比尔·李随后下令，将派克的死刑执行时间至少推迟至明年，以便展开独立调查。
“Christa’s legal team told the state of Tennessee and the courts that her medical conditions would cause her to suffer an agonizing death,” the attorney added. “The state and the court dismissed Christa’s concerns.”Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) ordered that Pike’s execution be delayed until at least next year following the botched attempt to allow for an independent investigation to take place.
这是田纳西州今年发生的第二起死刑执行失败事件。今年5月，州执行人员同样未能为囚犯托尼·卡鲁瑟斯成功实施静脉注射死刑。当时，比尔·李也批准对该案暂缓执行一年。
This was Tennessee’s second failed execution this year. In May, state executioners failed to locate a vein for a lethal injection for inmate Tony Carruthers. Lee granted a one-year reprieve in the case.
斯皮维指出，州长提出的独立审查措施“远远不够”，他要求比尔·李立即将派克的死刑判决改为其他刑罚。
Spivey said the governor’s call for an independent review “does not go far enough” and demanded that Lee immediately commute Pike’s death sentence.
“在经历了20多年的单独监禁和一次完整的注射死刑处决尝试后，Christa 所承受的惩罚超过了美国死刑历史上任何其他人，”律师说。“州长必须立即减轻 Christa 的刑罚。” 联邦上诉法院的最后一刻暂缓令（后被美国最高法院撤销）推迟了 Pike 的预定处决时间。最高法院的三位自由派大法官对该决定持异议。
“After having endured solitary confinement for more than 20 years and a full attempt to kill her by lethal injection, Christa has endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty,” the lawyer said. “The governor must commute Christa’s sentence now.”An eleventh-hour stay order from a federal appeals court, which was later lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court, delayed Pike’s scheduled execution time. The high court’s three liberal justices dissented in the decision.
该囚犯于1996年因一级谋杀罪被定罪，此前她承认在田纳西州诺克斯维尔与当时的男友 Tadaryl Shipp 一起杀害了19岁的同学 Colleen Slemmer。
The inmate was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 after she admitted to killing her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tenn., with Pike’s then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp.
Shipp 因犯罪时年仅17岁而不符合死刑资格，正在服无期徒刑。他去年的假释申请被拒。
Shipp, who was not eligible for the death penalty since he was 17 at the time of the crime, is serving out a life sentence in prison. His request for parole was denied last year.
Slemmer 的母亲 May Martinez 前往纳什维尔观看处决。她告诉美联社，在州政府失败的处决尝试后，她为女儿“没有得到伸张正义”。
May Martinez, the mother of Slemmer, traveled to Nashville to watch the execution. She told The Associated Press she “didn’t get justice” for her daughter after the state’s botched attempt.
“我全程目睹了这一切。她是清醒的。她在笑。她在动头、动脚。她试图坐起来，”Martinez 说。“他们第一次给她打针没起作用。第二次也没起作用。”
“I watched the whole thing. She was awake. She was laughing. She was moving her head, moving her feet. She was trying to sit up,” Martinez said. “Didn’t work the first time they gave her a shot. It didn’t work the second time.”