布兰登·德伦农报道：田纳西州死囚克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）的死刑执行失败，使田纳西州的刑事司法体系陷入了前所未有的境地。
The botched execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has thrust Tennessee's criminal justice system into uncharted territory.
9月30日，州官员向派克注射了两剂戊巴比妥钠，但她幸存下来，随后被送往附近医院并进行了气管插管。六天后，她的律师宣布她“已恢复意识并能说话”。
After state officials administered two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital on 30 September, Pike survived and was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was intubated. Six days later, her lawyers announced she was "conscious and speaking".
田纳西州州长比尔·李（Bill Lee）已下令对纳什维尔里弗本德最高安全级别监狱发生的失误展开独立调查，并暂停了今年剩余时间内的所有死刑执行。
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation into what went wrong at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville and suspended all executions for the rest of the year.
派克因谋杀科琳·斯勒默（Colleen Slemmer）在死囚牢房已度过30年，她的命运如今处于一个神秘的灰色地带。
The fate of Pike, who has been on death row for 30 years for murdering Colleen Slemmer, now lies in a mysterious grey area.
派克辩护团队聘请的麻醉科医生乔尔·齐沃特（Joel Zivot）表示，他怀疑这种致命化学物质扩散到了她的皮下，而非进入血液系统；由于剂量巨大，可能需要数天甚至数周才能清楚了解她的健康状况。
Doctor Joel Zivot, an anesthesiologist retained by Pike's defence team, says he suspects the deadly chemical spread under her skin instead of her bloodstream, and, because of the the large dose, it could take days or even weeks for a clear picture of her health to emerge.
周三的听证会上，田纳西州的一名律师表示，是否安排新的执行日期由州最高法院决定。
At a hearing on Wednesday, an attorney for Tennessee said the decision on scheduling a new execution date was up to the state's supreme court.
派克的律师正寻求将她的死刑减为无期徒刑且不得假释。拥有赦免派克或减刑权力的州长李，尚未表明州方将如何处理她的案件。
Pike's lawyers are seeking to have Pike's death sentence commuted to a lesser punishment of life in prison without parole. Lee, who has the power to pardon Pike or commute her sentence, has not indicated what the state will do in her case.
英国广播公司（BBC）采访了多位专家，以探讨接下来可能发生的情况。
The BBC spoke to multiple experts to explore what could happen next.
田纳西州惩教局可能会再次尝试通过注射死刑处决派克，但该州极有可能面临基于宪法中禁止残酷和异常惩罚条款的法律挑战。
The Tennessee Department of Correction could attempt to execute Pike again by lethal injection, but the state would very likely run into legal challenges based on constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
田纳西州辩护律师斯蒂芬·罗斯·约翰逊（Stephen Ross Johnson）表示：“如果该州试图使用相同的方法再次处决她，他们将面临严重的法律障碍。”
"For the state to attempt to execute her again using the same methodology, they would have severe legal hurdles," Tennessee-based defence attorney Stephen Ross Johnson said.
约翰逊表示，田纳西州一年内两次执行死刑失败——今年5月也未能处决托尼·卡鲁瑟斯——这可能会为律师们提供依据，以广泛质疑该州致命注射程序的合宪性。
Johnson said Tennessee had botched two executions in one year - it also failed to kill Tony Carruthers in May - which could give lawyers the grounds to argue broadly against the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection protocol.
派克的律师还可以主张，致命注射属于约翰逊所说的“在具体适用中违宪”，即由于派克的医疗状况，这种执行方式对她而言是残酷且不人道的。
Pike's lawyers could also argue a lethal injection is what Johnson called "unconstitutional as applied", meaning it is cruel and unusual specifically for Pike, due to her medical condition.
在执行尝试之前，派克的律师曾警告称，她的静脉很细，并且患有血小板增多症，这是一种会令执行程序复杂化的血液凝固性疾病。
Pike's lawyers had warned before the execution attempt that she has small veins and thrombocytosis, a blood-clotting condition that would complicate the procedure.
约翰逊表示，派克的医疗状况与该州此前执行失败的记录相结合，将使田纳西州难以提出有说服力的法律理由，再次尝试使用致命注射。
Her medical condition combined with the state's botched execution would make it difficult for Tennessee to present a convincing legal argument for attempting lethal injection again, Johnson said.
但作为美国刑事辩护律师协会当选会长的约翰逊认为，该州仍可能尝试采用其他执行方式。
But Johnson, president-elect of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, could see the state attempting an execution by a different method.
这将需要“额外的法律程序”，包括获得州长办公室以及可能州议会的批准。
This would require "additional legal hoops", including approval from the governor's office and potentially the state legislature.
自派克幸存以来，田纳西州的政界人士一直呼吁通过其他方式推进她的死刑执行。
Since Pike's survival, political leaders in Tennessee have called for moving her death sentence forward through other means.
参议员玛莎·布莱克本——下个月选举中共和党的州长候选人——表示：“恢复电椅吧。”国会议员蒂姆·伯彻特则在社交媒体上发文称，他已经提交了一项“恢复绞刑”的法案。
Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republican candidate for governor in next month's election, said: "Bring back the electric chair." Congressman Tim Burchett, posted on social media that he's already filed a bill to "bring back hanging".
由于派克是在1995年犯下谋杀罪的，当时田纳西州尚未修改其死刑执行法律，因此该州或许可以合法使用电椅。
Tennessee could be allowed to use the electric chair because Pike committed the murder in 1995 before the state changed its execution laws.
范德比尔特大学法学教授克里斯·斯洛博金表示，派克需要以书面形式放弃使用致命注射的权利，这意味着这一决定必须由她本人作出。
She would need to waive her right to lethal injection in writing, which means it would have to be her decision, Vanderbilt University law professor Chris Slobogin said.
鉴于派克的确切医疗状况尚不明确，斯洛博金指出，存在一种可能性：无论采用何种执行方式，法院都可能阻止该州再次尝试处决她。
Given Pike's exact medical state is unknown, Slobogin said there is a scenario where the state could be blocked from attempting to execute her again, regardless of method.
他解释说，处决一个因精神障碍而无法理解行刑原因的人，同样被视为残酷且不寻常的刑罚。
It is also considered cruel and unusual punishment to execute someone who is mentally incapable of understanding why it is happening, he explained.
历史上，这一规定适用于患有痴呆症或精神病性疾病的囚犯，但专家表示，派克有可能遭受了脑损伤。田纳西州正在暂停执行死刑。
Historically this has applied to prisoners with dementia or psychosis, but experts have said there is a chance that Pike has suffered brain damage. Tennessee is taking a long pause on carrying out capital punishment.
在派克之后，今年原本只有一人面临执行，但州长现已将其推迟。此前，今年五月，由于州官员无法找到静脉以实施注射死刑，卡拉斯的死刑执行被暂停一年。这意味着派克案的任何进展可能需要一段时间。
Only one person was due to be executed this year after Pike, which the governor has now postponed. Earlier, in May, the Carruthers execution was suspended by a year after state officials could not find a vein to administer the lethal injection. That means it will likely take a while for any movement in Pike's case.
辩护律师约翰逊表示：“至少，在州方面研究这一问题期间，会出现重大延迟。”他补充说，派克的身体健康状况也需要接受评估。
"At a minimum there's going to be some significant delay while this issue is studied by the state", defence attorney Johnson said, adding Pike's health would also need to be studied.
斯洛博金推测州长可能会减刑，尤其是如果在他下令进行的调查中，发现州官员存在失误的话。
Slobogin suspects the governor will commute her sentence, especially if missteps by state officials are uncovered in the investigation he has ordered.
他说：“如果调查以任何方式表明执行程序未被遵守，或难以实施，考虑到行刑过程中的种种复杂情况以及所有负面报道，这对他来说可能是一条容易走的路。”
"If the investigation, in any way, shape, or form, suggests that the protocol was not followed, or is hard to carry out, that might be the easy way for him to go, given the complications with the execution and all the bad press," he said.
法律上有先例，即因执行失败加上囚犯健康状况不佳，死刑可被减刑。
There is legal precedent for a death sentence to be commuted due to a botched execution combined with an inmate's poor medical state.
阿拉巴马州死囚多伊尔·哈姆的死刑执行被取消，此前尝试建立静脉输液通道超过两小时均告失败。
The execution of Alabama death-row prisoner Doyle Hamm was called off after more than two hours of attempts to establish an IV line failed.
州方面在达成一项部分涉及其健康状况的法律和解后，放弃了对其执行死刑。他后来死于自然原因。
The state gave up on executing him following a legal settlement that related, in part, to his health. He later died of natural causes.