美国首次因执行死刑失败而重新执行死刑一名德克萨斯州的死刑犯通过注射死刑药物被处决——尽管上周克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）的死刑执行过程出现了严重失误，仍有人对此提出反对。
US puts inmate to death for first time since botched execution A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection - despite objections following Christa Pike's botched execution last week.
46岁的贾马尔·霍华德（Jamaal Howard）是美国自克里斯塔·派克之后首位被处决的囚犯。上周三，克里斯塔·派克在两次注射死刑药物后幸存下来。
Jamaal Howard, 46, is the first inmate to be executed in the US since Pike, 50, survived two doses of lethal injection last Wednesday. Howard, who was convicted of fatally shooting convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout during a robbery in 2000, was administered with pentobarbital - the same drug used in Pike's attempted execution in Tennessee.
霍华德因2000年在抢劫过程中枪杀便利店店员维基·斯沃特豪特（Vickie Swartout）而被判有罪。此次执行过程中使用的药物是戊巴比妥（pentobarbital），与田纳西州尝试对克里斯塔·派克执行死刑时使用的药物相同。
His lawyers filed two requests to stop the execution, arguing to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that the drug posed similar risks.
霍华德的律师两次向德克萨斯州刑事上诉法院提出停止执行死刑的请求，指出该药物存在安全隐患，并质疑其质量（声称这些药物已经“变质”，且早已超过使用期限）。然而法院并未对此提出任何解释，直接驳回了他们的请求。
They raised concerns about its quality, claiming the drugs were "degraded" and "far past the original beyond-use dates". However, the court denied the stay requests without elaboration.
霍华德的律师还曾向美国最高法院提出申诉，认为他因智力障碍不应被处决，但未能成功。德克萨斯州方面则回应称，霍华德的律师未能提供任何能够证明其符合这一条件的证据。
Howard's lawyers had also argued unsuccessfully to the US Supreme Court that his execution should be halted because he was intellectually disabled. However, the state told the court that Howard's lawyers did not present evidence that would show he meets the requirements for such a claim.
2026年至今，德克萨斯州已执行了6人死刑，今年晚些时候还计划再执行2人。克里斯塔·派克苏醒后的第一句话克里斯塔·派克的律师表示，她是美国首位在注射死刑后幸存的人。他们透露，派克在医院苏醒后说出了“我在哪里？”和“你是谁？”这两句话，并表示她目前“非常愤怒且对周围的一切感到困惑”。她的辩护团队还表示，她的认知能力仍然受损，无法移动或吞咽食物；最近一次被检测时，她的脑功能已经处于“脑死亡”状态。
Texas has executed six people so far in 2026, with two more lethal injections scheduled later this year. Pike's first words after waking up On Wednesday, lawyers for Pike, who is believed to be the first person to have survived an execution by lethal injection in the US, said that she had spoken her first words since regaining consciousness in hospital. They revealed that Pike had said "'where am I?' and 'who are you?'" - adding that she is "angry and confused about everything right now". Her defence team also said she remains cognitively confused and is unable to move or swallow. They said she had been brain dead as recently as Monday.
在周三的听证会上，法官批准了派克律师团队提出的请求，要求田纳西州保存那次死刑执行过程中相关的证据。
At a hearing on Wednesday, a judge granted a motion brought by Pike's legal team that requires the state of Tennessee to preserve relevant evidence from the botched execution.
皮克的律师将这一裁决描述为“保护并维护克里斯蒂宪法权利的众多步骤中的第一步”；而法官则表示，这起案件“至少可以说是非常特殊的”。
Pike's lawyers described the ruling as "just a first step of many to preserve and enforce Christy's constitutional rights", while the judge said the case was "unique to say the least".
她的法律团队此前曾引用过一份提交于1月份的投诉文件，其中指出她“在抽血和接受针刺治疗时一直存在困难”。他们表示：“她的血管非常难以找到”，这些生理特征可能会影响毒药的正常注射。
Her legal team had earlier cited a complaint filed in January that said she had a "history of difficulty with blood draws and needle insertion". They said that "her veins are so difficult to access" and it was likely that those "physical characteristics would interfere with the proper delivery of the poison".
乔尔·齐沃特博士（Joel Zivot）是麻醉学和外科手术领域的教授，他作为专家为皮克的律师团队提供了咨询。他本周表示，可能需要数月时间才能确定她的康复情况。齐沃特博士还补充说，目前尚不清楚皮克的意识状态是否能够恢复到足以让州政府再次尝试执行死刑的程度——不过当局尚未确认是否会再次尝试执行死刑。
Dr Joel Zivot, a professor of anaesthesiology and surgery who consulted as an expert for Pike's legal team, said this week that it could take months to determine exactly what her recovery might look like. It also remains unclear whether Pike's competency can be restored to a level that might enable the state to try again to execute her, Dr Zivot added - although authorities are yet to confirm if they will make another attempt.
周六，田纳西州州长比尔·李（Bill Lee）表示，田纳西州惩教部门的负责人弗兰克·斯特拉达（Frank Strada）已宣布将于本月辞职，同时由独立机构对事件进行调查。更多来自Sky News的报道：
On Saturday, state governor Bill Lee said that Frank Strada, commissioner of Tennessee's Department of Correction, had announced he will step down this month while an independent review determines what happened. More from Sky News:
美国最大购物中心的枪击未遂事件阻碍了相关调查的进展；
性侵热线的求助电话数量激增；
Planned gun attack on America's largest mall thwarted Cornell investigation: Surge in calls to sexual assault hotline Why was Pike on death row?
皮克为何会被关进死囚牢房？1995年，皮克和她的男友塔达里尔·希普（Tadaryl Shipp）被判犯有折磨并杀害19岁女孩科琳·斯莱默（Colleen Slemmer）的罪行。皮克当时18岁，检方称她因怀疑对方试图偷走自己的男友而将其诱骗到一片树林中实施犯罪。
Pike was set to be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee for more than 200 years, after she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, were convicted of torturing and killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Prosecutors said Pike, who was 18 at the time, feared she was trying to steal her boyfriend, and lured her to a wooded area.
受害者的身上刻有一个五角星图案——这个象征撒旦主义的符号，再加上案件的其他细节，加剧了人们在20世纪80至90年代对“撒旦崇拜”的恐惧。
A pentagram, a star-shaped symbol associated with Satanism, was carved on the victim's body, which, along with other elements of the crime, stoked fears of Satan worship during the so-called "satanic panic" in the country during the 1980s and 1990s.
Shipp 在犯罪时年仅 17 岁，被判处有可能假释的无期徒刑。
Shipp, who was 17 when the crime was committed, received a life sentence with the possibility of parole.
Pike 不否认杀人行为，但她的支持者们主张，州政府应当考虑她当时的年龄、精神疾病以及她从童年起就存在的严重性虐待史，包括强奸。
Pike does not deny the killing, but her supporters have argued the state should consider her age at the time, mental illness and a history of severe sexual abuse, including rape, beginning when she was a child.
她的律师表示，在杀人事件之后，Pike 被诊断出患有双相情感障碍和创伤后应激障碍。
Following the killing, Pike was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, her lawyers said.
她的法律团队表示，他们仍在继续要求将 Pike 的刑期改为无假释可能的终身监禁。
Her legal team said they are continuing to ask for Pike's sentence to be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
“Christa 是一名幸存者，她将一天一天地进行康复，” 她的律师们本周早些时候这样说道。
"Christa is a survivor and will take recovery one day at a time," her lawyers said earlier this week.