克里斯塔·派克因1995年的谋杀案被判死刑，于周三接受致死注射执行但未成功1。现年50岁的派克在田纳西州被注射两剂戊巴比妥后仍存活1，执行团队为建立静脉注射通道在其身上使用了至少七根针头1。派克目前处于昏迷并依靠呼吸机维持生命的状态1。派克的律师已提交紧急诉讼寻求减刑1。
派克当时18岁，与男友塔达里尔·希普一起参与了杀害19岁女性科琳·斯莱默的罪行，并于1996年被判死刑1。派克患有血小板增多症和血管细小的医学状况1。医学顾问乔尔·齐沃特博士表示，"如果戊巴比妥进入了正常的血液循环，她肯定会死亡"1。
针对此次执行失败，田纳西州州长比尔·李下令进行独立调查，并暂停该州2024年全年的死刑执行1。派克是该州死刑行刑室中唯一的女性1。
Christa Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate in Tennessee, survived a lethal injection execution attempt on Wednesday after prison officials administered two doses of pentobarbital without achieving the intended result 1. Pike, who was convicted in 1996 for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Corinne Slaughter, was subsequently transported to a hospital where she remains unconscious and on a ventilator 1. The execution team encountered significant technical difficulties, using at least seven needles in an attempt to establish an intravenous line 1.
Medical complications appear to have contributed to the execution's failure. Pike suffers from thrombocytosis and small blood vessels, conditions that complicated the procedure 1. Dr. Joel Zivot, a medical consultant, stated that "if pentobarbital had entered normal circulation, she certainly would have died" 1. Following the failed execution, Pike's lawyers have filed an emergency petition seeking commutation of her death sentence 1.
In response to the incident, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation and suspended all capital executions in the state throughout 2024 1. Pike is the only female inmate currently held in Tennessee's death chamber 1. She was 18 years old at the time of the murder, which she committed alongside her then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp 1.
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