田纳西州死刑犯派克行刑失败后恢复意识 律师 10 月 6 日发声明
据美联社报道，田纳西州死刑犯克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）的律师 10 月 6 日发表声明称，派克在 9 月 30 日行刑失败后已恢复意识，能够开口说话。
派克因 1995 年虐杀一名大学同学被定罪，在死囚牢房已待了三十年。9 月 30 日，田纳西州试图以注射方式执行死刑，但行刑团队经长时间尝试仍无法建立静脉通道，行刑被迫中止。
她的律师表示派克现已清醒并能交流，同时谴责此次行刑尝试残忍。声明再次引发废除死刑人士的呼吁，要求田纳西州停止执行死刑，并指出该州在注射死刑程序上问题频出的历史。
田纳西州惩教署表示正在审查此次事件。目前尚不清楚州政府何时会重新设定行刑日期。派克案是美国历时最长的死刑案件之一，持续引发全国关注。
（来源：美联社）
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Conscious and Speaking After Failed Execution
Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate whose execution was halted on September 30 after officials failed to establish IV access, has regained consciousness and is able to speak, her attorney said in a statement on October 6, the Associated Press reported.
Pike, convicted of the 1995 torture and murder of a fellow college student, has been on death row for three decades. On September 30, the state attempted to carry out her execution by lethal injection, but the execution team could not insert intravenous lines after an extended effort, and the procedure was called off.
Her attorney said Pike is now conscious and communicating, and condemned the attempt as cruel. The statement renewed calls from death penalty opponents to halt executions in Tennessee, citing the state's troubled history with lethal injection protocols.
The Tennessee Department of Correction said it is reviewing the incident. It was not immediately clear when or whether the state would set a new execution date. Pike's case has drawn national attention as one of the longest-running death penalty sagas in the country.
(Source: Associated Press)
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