50岁的克里斯塔·派克在田纳西州的致命注射执行中幸存，目前处于无意识状态并依靠呼吸机维持生命1。派克因1996年谋杀19岁的科琳·斯莱默而被判死刑3。据律师称，派克在注射第一剂戊巴比妥一小时后仍在挣扎和窒息，第二次注射失败后被送入重症监护3。
监督此次执行的田纳西州矫正部门专员弗兰克·斯特拉达面临审查3。律师指控斯特拉达自2022年以来在两州监督的第五起执行失败事件3。2022年的独立调查曾发现田纳西州在多起死刑中未遵循规程、未正确检测药物3。斯特拉达在2023年初被任命为田纳西州监狱负责人后，未实施该调查的建议，包括未聘请具有药学背景的全职员工或顾问3。
田纳西州州长比尔·李已暂停执行至年底并下令进行独立调查3。
Christa Pike, a 50-year-old death row inmate, remains unconscious and dependent on a ventilator following a failed lethal injection execution in Tennessee 3. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer 3. During the execution, Pike struggled and gasped for breath more than an hour after receiving the first dose of pentobarbital, and a second injection attempt failed, leading to her transfer to intensive care 3. She has become the first person in the United States to survive a lethal injection after receiving the fatal drug 3.
The execution failure has prompted scrutiny of Frank Strada, the corrections commissioner overseeing the case 3. According to attorneys, Strada has supervised five executions classified as botched—three while serving as a deputy prison director in Arizona beginning in 2022, and two in Tennessee since his appointment as the state's corrections chief in early 2023 3. A 2022 independent investigation found that Tennessee had failed to follow protocols and properly test drugs in multiple executions 3. Despite these findings, Strada has not implemented key recommendations from that investigation, including hiring full-time pharmaceutical staff or consultants 3. In testimony from November 2025, Strada defined a successful execution as "the condemned is put to death" 3.
Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, has suspended all executions through the end of the year and ordered an independent investigation into the incident 3. Religious leaders, including the Tennessee Catholic bishop, have called for clemency 2.
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