美国田纳西州对50岁死刑犯克里斯塔·派克的死刑执行在周三晚间失败34。派克因1996年谋杀19岁的科琳·斯莱默而被判死刑3，执行人员对她进行了两次致命注射，但两次都未能成功134。据目击者称，派克在注射后仍在呼吸，并表示"我的手臂感觉快要炸开了"4。执行方在晚上8:05拉下窗帘，直到晚上8:53切断麦克风时仍能听到鼾声4。派克随后被转移到医疗设施3。
州长比尔·李随即宣布暂停该州今年剩余的死刑执行，并下令进行第三方全面审查34。死刑信息中心执行主任罗宾·玛赫评价这次事件为"我们见过最糟糕的，不同于现代任何其他失败执行"4。根据死刑信息中心的统计，2022年美国超过三分之一的死刑执行出现问题或高度有问题3。
Tennessee's attempt to execute 50-year-old death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday evening ended in failure after two lethal injections failed to end her life.34 Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, remained alive and breathing throughout the procedure, which witnesses described as deeply problematic.34 According to accounts from those present, Pike complained of physical distress during the execution, stating "My arm feels like it's about to burst open. Does this happen like that?"4 The execution was halted, and Pike was transferred to a medical facility for emergency medical intervention.3
The failed execution prompted swift action from state leadership. Governor Bill Lee ordered an immediate halt to all remaining executions scheduled for the year and commissioned a comprehensive third-party review of Tennessee's execution procedures.34 The incident has reignited scrutiny of capital punishment protocols, with Robin Maher, the director of the Death Penalty Information Center, characterizing the event as "the worst we've seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era."4 Data from the Death Penalty Information Center indicates that in 2022, more than one-third of executions in the United States experienced problems or were severely problematic.3 If Pike's execution had succeeded, she would have become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.4
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