据克里斯塔·派克的律师周二透露，这名田纳西州囚犯在经历州政府试图对其执行死刑的尝试后，目前意识清醒且能够说话，正在医院接受治疗。
Yuvraj Manchanda murder, Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday.
“尽管情况极为不利，克里斯塔·派克依然保持清醒、能够说话，并持续接受关键的医疗救治。尽管双臂遭受了严重损伤，她仍被铐住双手并用脚镣固定在病床上。她的康复过程在医学上堪称罕见。虽然预后尚不明朗，但我们预计她需要漫长的恢复过程。”律师们在声明中这样写道。
“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,” attorneys for Pike said in a statement.
律师们还对急救人员及医院医疗团队表达了感谢，称他们“将克里斯塔视为普通人对待，为她提供了极为出色的治疗”。这份声明也是自上周三救护车将派克从纳什维尔监狱接走后，首次传出其病情有所好转的消息。
Her attorneys said they are grateful for the first responders and the medical team at the hospital “who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her.”The statement was the first indication that Pike has improved since an ambulance carried her away from a Nashville prison last Wednesday.
田纳西州惩教署的一位女发言人表示，除派克周二仍在住院外，她无法提供其他任何信息。
A spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Correction said she could provide no information other than that Pike remained hospitalized Tuesday.
1995年，派克因殴打并刺死同学科琳·斯莱默而被判有罪。此次行刑过程中，她先后接受了两次戊巴比妥注射，最终幸免于难。不过其律师称，注射导致她的双臂出现烧伤与起泡现象。
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as they attempted to put her to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The lethal injection drug didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.
曾为派克的法律团队提供专业意见的亚特兰大麻醉学与外科教授乔尔·齐沃特博士指出，这一情况“对她的顺利康复是个好兆头”。但他同时强调，可能要等数周甚至数月后，才能确定她的确切康复状况，以及她能否恢复到足以让州政府再次对其执行死刑的精神状态。
Dr. Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology and surgery in Atlanta who consulted as an expert for Pike’s legal team, said the development “bodes well for a good recovery.”But, he added, it could be weeks or months before anyone knows exactly what her recovery might look like, and whether her competency could be restored to a level that might enable the state to try again to execute her.