死刑信息中心注：新罕布什尔州虽已废除死刑，但死刑犯名单上仍有一名囚犯；地图：艾琳·戴维斯/Axios 克里斯塔·派克在接受了两次致命注射后依然存活，这一事件使得全美各州的死刑执行程序受到重新审视。
Death Penalty Information Center Note: New Hampshire abolished the death penalty but retains one prisoner on death row; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Christa Pike 's survival after two lethal injection doses has put state execution protocols nationwide under new scrutiny. The big picture:
整体情况：各州采用的死刑执行方式各不相同，包括注射死刑、电刑、毒气处决以及枪决等。
How prisoners are executed varies by state with lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squads among the methods authorized.
- 根据死刑信息中心的数据，自1976年以来，美国共执行了1,683次死刑，其中注射死刑最为普遍，占比约89%。
• Lethal injections are the most common U.S. execution method, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center. By the numbers:
数据说明：有二十多个州将注射死刑作为主要执行方式。
More than two dozen states have lethal injection as a primary method.
- 阿拉巴马州、亚利桑那州、阿肯色州、加利福尼亚州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、密苏里州、俄克拉荷马州以及怀俄明州允许使用毒气处决。
• Lethal gas is authorized in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
- 阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、佛罗里达州、肯塔基州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州以及田纳西州允许采用电刑。
• Electrocution is allowed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.
- 爱达荷州、密西西比州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州和犹他州允许使用枪决，其中爱达荷州将其作为主要执行方式。
• Firing squad is allowed in Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. Idaho is the only state where it is the primary method. Context:
背景信息：部分州允许死刑犯自行选择执行方式。
Some states let prisoners choose among the different execution methods.
宏观视角：美国最高法院规定，各州仅可对极其恶劣的谋杀案判处死刑。
Zoom out: The Supreme Court requires states to keep the death penalty only for the most heinous murders.
- 派克因30年前杀害同学而被判有罪，本周她接受了两次注射死刑药物却依然存活，这也将成为200年来田纳西州首次对女性执行死刑的案例。
• Pike, convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs earlier this week in what would have been the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years.
- 据美联社报道，截至周五，派克仍活着，目前依靠呼吸机维持生命且处于昏迷状态。
• Pike was still alive as of Friday, remaining on a ventilator and unconscious, AP reports.