1995年，50岁的克里斯塔·派克与当时的男友共同谋杀科琳·斯莱默后被判死刑。9月30日，她两次接受死刑注射却均幸存下来。专家们称这种情况前所未有。
Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death after murdering Colleen Slemmer with her then-boyfriend in 1995, survived two lethal injections on 30 September. Experts described it as unprecedented.
派克死刑执行失败的事件再次引发了关于死刑及其在美国实施情况的讨论。
The failure of Pike's execution has reignited the debate about capital punishment and its use in the United States.
BBC在华盛顿特区采访了美国民众及外国游客，了解他们对死刑的看法。点击此处阅读有关克里斯塔·派克案的最新报道。
The BBC spoke to Americans as well as international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty. Read the latest on Christa Pike's case here.