田纳西州州长比尔·李周三晚间宣布暂停该州所有死刑执行至少到今年年底，并下令进行独立调查1。这一决定是在50岁的克里斯塔·派克的致命注射执行出现严重失误后做出的1。
派克因1994年与男友塔达里尔·希普共同残忍杀害19岁女同学科琳·斯莱默而被判死刑1。在执行过程中，派克在接受第一剂致命药物戊巴比妥钠注射后约40分钟仍然保持清醒并打鼾1。注射两剂致命药物后，派克被转移到院外医疗设施1。州长李表示将"进行全面的第三方审查，以确定究竟发生了什么"1。
死刑信息中心执行主任罗宾·梅厄称这次失败的执行"独一无二且无与伦比"1。这将是田纳西州超过200年来首次尝试执行女性死刑1。美国最高法院在周三晚间干预，推翻了联邦法院较早时发出的执行延缓令1。田纳西州仅有的另一项定于今年进行的死刑执行涉及加里·韦恩·萨顿，计划于12月3日执行1。
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced a suspension of all executions in the state at least through the end of the year following a failed lethal injection procedure on Wednesday evening, and ordered an independent investigation into what transpired 1. Christa Pike, 50, remained conscious and snoring approximately 40 minutes after receiving an initial injection of pentobarbital, the first lethal drug in the execution protocol 1. After two doses of lethal medication were administered, Pike was transferred to an outside medical facility, with her current condition unknown 1.
Pike had been sentenced to death for her role in the brutal 1994 murder of a teenage classmate 1. The execution attempt would have marked Tennessee's first execution of a woman in over 200 years 1. Governor Lee stated that the state would conduct "a comprehensive third-party review to determine what exactly happened" 1. Robin Meyers, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, characterized the failed execution as "unique and unprecedented" 1.
The suspension affects another scheduled execution in Tennessee this year: Gary Wayne Sutton is set to be executed on December 3 1. The U.S. Supreme Court intervened Wednesday evening to overturn an earlier stay of execution issued by a federal court 1.
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