田纳西州死囚克里斯塔·派克在两剂致命药物戊巴比妥均未能致死后,在一次执行死刑的尝试中幸存下来。这次执行失误导致她双臂严重“肿胀、烧伤和起泡”,目前仍有疑问:是否因静脉输液管置放不当,阻碍了药物进入血液循环。克里斯塔·派克执行死刑失误的5个令人毛骨悚然的细节:
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, survived an attempted execution after two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital failed to kill her. The botched execution has left her with severely ‘swollen, burned and blistered’ arms and questions remain over whether improperly placed IV lines prevented the drug from entering her bloodstream.5 chilling details from Christa Pike’s botched execution:1.
- 她在注射两剂致命剂量戊巴比妥后幸存 据报道,在9月30日的执行死刑尝试中,派克被注射了两剂戊巴比妥。尽管接受了据称属于致命剂量的药物,她仍然存活,死刑信息中心称这是已知首例囚犯在注射致命剂量执行药物后存活的案例。
She survived two lethal doses of pentobarbitalPike was reportedly administered two doses of pentobarbital during the attempted execution on September 30. Despite receiving what were described as lethal doses, she survived, in what the Death Penalty Information Center described as the first known instance of an inmate surviving after being injected with lethal doses of execution drugs.
克里斯塔·派克现在将面临什么?田纳西州死囚清醒并能说话后,案件将如何发展
What will happen to Christa Pike now? How case could proceed now that Tennessee death row inmate is awake and talking2.
- 执行开始几分钟后派克称手臂疼痛 据报道,执行于晚上7点30分左右开始,此前派克获得了最后陈述的机会。约五分钟后,她抬起头说手臂疼。随后她似乎失去了意识,但仍能听到呼吸声。
Pike said her arm was hurting minutes after the execution began The execution reportedly began at around 7:30 p.m., after Pike was given an opportunity to make a final statement. About five minutes later, she raised her head and said that her arm was hurting. She later appeared to lose consciousness, although she could still be heard breathing.3.
- 据报道她的双臂肿胀、烧伤和起泡 据法新社报道,一份法庭文件称,派克送医时双臂严重肿胀、烧伤和起泡。文件中将戊巴比妥描述为一种腐蚀性物质,如果不能正常进入血液循环,会灼烧皮肤、组织和血管。
Her arms were reportedly swollen, burned and blisteredA court filing said both of Pike's arms were severely swollen, burned and blistered when she arrived at the hospital, according to AFP. Pentobarbital is described in the filing as a caustic substance capable of burning skin, tissue and veins if it does not properly enter the bloodstream.
什么是血小板增多症?克里斯塔·派克的凝血疾病可能让注射死刑变得困难
What is thrombocytosis? Christa Pike's blood-clotting condition that may have made lethal injection challenging4.
- 静脉输液管可能在执行过程中失效 派克的律师辩称,执行团队显然未能意识到静脉输液管未正确置放,或血管已“破裂”,据美联社报道。
The IV lines may have failed during the executionPike's attorneys argued that the execution team apparently failed to realise that the IV lines had not been correctly placed or that the veins had "blown", according to AP.
专家们关注的焦点是,五氧巴比妥可能在静脉注射部位周围的组织中积聚,而不是进入派克的血液循环。5. 她仍然被铐在病床上。在处决失败后,救护车于大约晚上9点14分到达监狱,将派克送往医院,据美联社报道。她的律师后来表示,即使在处决失败后,派克仍然被铐在病床上。克里斯塔·派克最新消息:死囚在处决失败后清醒并能说话。
Experts have focused on the possibility that the pentobarbital pooled in the tissue around the IV site instead of entering Pike's bloodstream.5. She was still handcuffed to a hospital bedAfter the failed execution, an ambulance arrived at the prison at about 9:14 p.m. to take Pike to hospital, said AP. Her attorneys later said that, even after the botched execution, Pike remained handcuffed to her hospital bed. Christa Pike update: Death row inmate awake and speaking after failed execution"Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed," they said in a statement, according to AFP.
尽管她的手臂遭受了严重损伤,但她仍然被铐铐和脚镣锁在病床上,他们在一份声明中这样说,据法新社报道。她的康复在医学上是前所未有的。她的预后目前仍不明确,但至少我们预计她将经历一个漫长的康复过程。(据各方输入)
"Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery."(With inputs from agencies)