田纳西州死刑执行失败 紧急通话记录曝光应对混乱

美国田纳西州河湾监狱对50岁的死刑犯克里斯塔·派克进行的注射死刑执行于9月30日晚间失败，派克在被注射10克戊巴比妥后仍未死亡2。新近公开的紧急通话记录显示，应急部门在应对过程中出现严重延误，调度员一度怀疑来电是恶作剧或"swatting"，导致救援行动被推迟约半小时12。

派克的防卫律师凯利·格里森在通话中紧急表示"她仍然活着并呼吸，需要立即的生命救助护理"1。狱警在约20时40分至21时34分之间进行了执行，初始报警电话因来电者无法用代码验证身份而被首响应者认定为虚假2。调度员在通话中明确表达了疑虑："我们试图确定这是否是真实发生的事情，我们需要派救护车，或者您需要警察协助，或者这只是有人恶作剧或者'swatting'我们"1。直到21时11分才确认初始电话真实，之后应急人员才被允许进入现场2。

派克因1995年与男友共同杀害受害人科琳·斯莱姆而被判死刑2。她因此成为首位幸存注射死刑执行的人，并已从医院出院，但恢复道路漫长2。律师团队解释称，戊巴比妥可能在皮肤下扩散而非充分进入血液2。事件发生后，州长比尔·李暂停了该州今年剩余的死刑执行并启动调查2，州惩教部门负责人因执行失败而辞职2。受害者母亲将这次执行失败称为"一团糟"2。该州是否会再次尝试执行派克仍未明确3。

Newly released emergency call records have revealed significant delays and confusion in response to a botched lethal injection execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on September 30.2 Pike, 50, survived the injection of 10 grams of pentobarbital and was transported to a hospital, becoming what is believed to be the first person to survive a lethal injection execution.2

The emergency response was hampered when dispatchers initially treated the call as a potential hoax.2 A prison official's initial call went unverified because the caller could not authenticate their identity with a code, leading the first responders to question whether the emergency was genuine.2 The dispatcher stated: "We're trying to determine if this is something that's actually happening, we need to send an ambulance, or do you need police assistance, or is this just somebody playing a prank or 'swatting' us."1 Pike's defense attorney Kelly Gleason conveyed during the calls that "she is still alive and breathing and needs immediate life-saving care."1 Confirmation that the initial call was legitimate did not occur until 21:11, roughly half an hour after the first emergency contact, delaying the arrival of emergency personnel.2

Prison officials reported that 10 grams of pentobarbital had been administered beginning around 20:40, but Pike did not die.2 Pike's legal team attributed the execution's failure to the possibility that the pentobarbital dispersed beneath the skin rather than entering the bloodstream adequately.2 Following the incident, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee suspended all remaining executions scheduled for the year and launched an investigation.2 The state's corrections department director resigned over the execution failure.2 The victim's mother characterized the failed execution as "a mess."2