克里斯塔·派克在田纳西州河弯最高安全监狱接受致命注射执行后仍然活着 1。目击者报告称，晚间8时26分，两针致命毒物已被注射，但派克"仍然活着并打鼾" 1。派克曾在晚间7时34分表示"我的手臂感觉要爆裂了" 1，整个执行过程中，死刑室的窗帘"下降了两次" 1。派克没有失去意识，仍有心跳 1，被随后送往医院治疗 1。
现年50岁的派克是田纳西州死刑监禁区中唯一的女性，1995年因谋杀同学被定罪时仅18岁，已被监禁超过30年 1。如若执行成功，她将成为超过200年来田纳西州执行的第一位女性 1。派克曾写信给NBC新闻表示："我不怕死，我只是对这个过程感到紧张" 1。
针对这一执行失败，州长比尔·李下令进行全面的第三方审查，并宣布"本年剩余的处决不会按计划进行" 1。这是今年田纳西州第二次执行失败——5月份，死刑犯托尼·卡鲁瑟斯因无法找到备用静脉血管而获得一年缓期 1。美国最高法院在周三上午宣布允许派克的执行继续进行，推翻了她周二晚间的上诉 1。
Christa Gail Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate and the only female prisoner on Tennessee's death row, survived two administrations of lethal injection chemicals during an execution attempt at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.1 At 8:26 p.m., witnesses reported that both lethal injections had been administered, yet Pike "remained alive and snoring."1 According to observations, Pike "did not lose consciousness and still had a heartbeat," with the execution chamber curtains "lowered twice."1 Earlier during the process, at 7:34 p.m., Pike had stated, "My arm feels like it is going to explode."1
Following the failed execution, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he was "ordering a comprehensive third-party review" and declared that "no executions will proceed as scheduled for the remainder of this year."1 Pike was transported to a hospital for treatment.1 This marked the second execution failure in Tennessee this year; in May, inmate Tony Carruthers received a one-year reprieve after officials were unable to locate a suitable backup intravenous line.1
Pike was convicted in 1995 of murdering a classmate when she was 18 years old and has spent more than 30 years in death row confinement.1 Had the execution proceeded successfully, she would have become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.1 Prior to the execution, Pike wrote to NBC News stating, "I am not afraid of death, I am just nervous about this process."1 The execution attempt occurred after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Pike's appeal on Wednesday morning, allowing the execution to proceed.1
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