特朗普利用总统职权的全部力量推动了处决的激增，但一系列失误凸显了系统的缺陷。
为给克里斯塔·派克注射通常致命剂量的戊巴比妥，建立两条静脉通道花费了一个多小时，在这段时间里，她竭尽所能协助试图杀死她的人。
Trump has used the full might of the presidency to supercharge executions, but an avalanche of mishaps has put the system’s flaws in the spotlight It took more than an hour to establish the two intravenous lines through which Christa Pike would be injected with a giant and normally lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital, and in that time she did everything she could to assist those who were attempting to kill her.
她一次又一次地对田纳西州的执行团队说：“请试试这里”，指着她认为可能找到静脉的身体部位，反复被针扎。“请试试这里，我觉得会没问题。请试试我的肩膀，更高一点。”
“Please try here,” she said over and over again to Tennessee’s execution team, pointing to specific parts of her body where she thought they might find a vein as they repeatedly stabbed her with needles. “Please try here, I think it will be OK. Please try up on my shoulder, higher.”
