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派克在工作人员至少尝试7次寻找静脉后仍需依靠呼吸机住院治疗
作者：詹姆斯·西罗内
刑事辩护律师约什·里特就田纳西州监狱署长在克里斯塔·派克行刑失败后辞职一事发表了看法。他详细剖析了此次行刑尝试涉及的法律和程序问题，以及引发领导层变动的后续影响。
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田纳西州对定罪杀人犯克里斯塔·派克的致命注射行刑失败，导致派克住院并依赖呼吸机，该州监狱系统负责人因此辞职。
田纳西州惩教署署长弗兰克·斯特拉达将于本月辞职，州长比尔·李周六宣布了这一消息。
在州长办公室发布的一份声明中，斯特拉达表示，在独立审查调查此次拙劣行刑哪里出了问题期间，辞职“符合田纳西州民众的最佳利益”。
“我认为这次审查完全恰当且必要，我期待尽我所能帮助查明确切发生的情况，”斯特拉达说。
档案照片：斯特拉达表示，在对此次失败行刑的独立审查期间，辞职“符合田纳西州民众的最佳利益”。（美联社照片/乔治·沃克·四世）
死囚在针对青少年谋杀案的拙劣行刑后靠呼吸机昏迷：律师
李表示，斯特拉达任职期间表现出正直，并感谢他“在这个艰难时刻愿意将田纳西州民众的利益放在首位”。
“我已接受他辞职的决定，并感谢他致力于确保领导层平稳过渡，”李说。
现年50岁的派克于周三晚间被注射了两剂戊巴比妥，监狱工作人员在尝试寻找静脉时至少使用了7根针头。
根据派克的律师周五提交的法庭文件，行刑期间可以听到派克哭泣、呜咽并大声呼吸。
克里斯塔·盖尔·派克本将成为田纳西州自1819年以来首位被处决的女性，因其在1995年残忍谋杀科琳·斯莱默。（田纳西州惩教署 via 美联社）
克里斯塔·派克的拙劣致命注射转移了对受害者的关注，危及行刑：前警长
她的律师表示，派克随后被送往医院，需要插管并使用呼吸机。
在美联社获得的一份声明中，派克的四人法律团队对斯特拉达的离职表示欢迎，但表示这还不够。
“周三发生在她身上的事反映了系统性的失败，远不止某一个人，”他们说。“我们希望州长呼吁开展全面、独立的审查，能够揭露田纳西州整个死刑体系中存在的深刻问题。”
她的律师在法庭文件中表示，监狱工作人员未能正确放置静脉输液管。他们还声称，工作人员没有意识到派克的一根静脉破裂，导致至少部分戊巴比妥进入了她的体内。
1996年3月18日，克里斯塔·盖尔·派克在诺克斯县刑事法庭接受谋杀科琳·A·斯莱默的审判期间出庭。（今日美国网络 via 路透社连线）
田纳西州静脉输液管故障后，死囚托尼·卡鲁瑟斯至少一年内不会被处决
斯特拉达于2023年1月出任田纳西州惩教署署长，此前他曾任亚利桑那州惩教部副主任。2024年末，他宣布田纳西州将仅使用戊巴比妥作为行刑药物。
据该部门称，自去年以来田纳西州已处决了4人。
1995年1月12日晚，时年18岁的克里斯塔·派克将19岁的科琳·斯莱默诱骗至田纳西大学农业校区附近的一片树林中。
派克和她的男友塔达里尔·希普随后对斯莱默实施了长达30分钟的酷刑，18岁的沙多拉·彼得森担任望风者。
根据她向当局的供词，派克杀害斯莱默是因为她认为斯莱默对自己的男友有 romantic 兴趣。
2026年8月11日，克里斯塔·盖尔·派克在田纳西州诺克斯维尔的诺克斯县刑事法庭通过远程方式参加听证会。（今日美国网络 via 路透社连线）
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尽管希普直接参与了谋杀，但由于作案时年仅17岁，他不具备被判处死刑的资格。他被判处终身监禁且不得假释，目前仍未获得假释。
彼得森与调查人员合作并指证派克和希普，在认罪后被判处460天监禁。
派克是此案中唯一被判处死刑的人，也是被送入死囚牢房的最年轻女性之一。她本将成为200多年来首位在田纳西州被处决的女性。
本文由美联社撰稿。
詹姆斯·西罗内是福克斯新闻数字频道突发/热点新闻团队的撰稿人。新闻线索可发送至 james.cirrone@fox.com。
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Tennessee’s state corrections chief resigns following failed execution of Christa Pike
October 3, 2026 2:34pm EDT / Fox News
Pike remains hospitalized on a ventilator after staff used at least 7 needles trying to find a vein
By James Cirrone
Criminal defense attorney Josh Ritter discusses the resignation of Tennessee’s prison chief following the failed execution of Christa Pike. He breaks down the legal and procedural issues surrounding the execution attempt and the fallout that led to the leadership change.
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The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the state’s failed lethal injection of convicted murderer Christa Pike left her hospitalized and on a ventilator.
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month, Gov. Bill Lee said Saturday.
In a statement distributed by the governor’s office, Strada said stepping aside was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” while an independent review examines what went wrong during the botched execution.
“I believe this review is entirely appropriate and necessary, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help determine exactly what occurred,” Strada said.
FILE – Strada said stepping aside was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” amid an independent review of the failed execution.(AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Lee said Strada served with integrity, adding that he appreciates his “willingness to put the interests of Tennesseans first during this difficult moment.”
“I have accepted his decision to step down and am grateful for his commitment to ensuring a smooth leadership transition,” Lee said.
Pike, 50, was injected with two doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday night, and prison officials used at least seven needles while trying to find a vein.
Pike was heard crying, whimpering, and breathing loudly during the execution, according to a Friday court filing from her lawyers.
Christa Gail Pike would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1819 for the brutal 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.(Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)
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She was taken to the hospital, where she had to be intubated and put on a ventilator, her lawyers said.
In a statement obtained by The Associated Press, Pike’s four-person legal team celebrated the departure of Strada but said it wasn’t enough.
“What happened to her Wednesday reflects a systemic failure that goes far beyond any one person,” they said. “We hope the governor’s call for a full, independent review will expose the profound problems within Tennessee’s entire death penalty system.”
Her lawyers said in the court filing that the prison staff did not correctly place the IV lines. They also claimed staff failed to realize that one of Pike’s veins burst, leading to at least some of the pentobarbital entering her body.
Christa Gail Pike is seen during her trial for the murder of Colleen A. Slemmer March 18, 1996, in Knox County Criminal Court.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
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Strada became commissioner of Tennessee’s correction department in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. In late 2024, he announced that Tennessee would solely use pentobarbital as its execution drug.
Four people have been executed in Tennessee since last year, according to the department.
On the evening of Jan. 12, 1995, Christa Pike, then 18, lured 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area near the University of Tennessee’s agricultural campus.
Pike and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, then spent 30 minutes torturing Slemmer, while 18-year-old Shadolla Peterson served as a lookout.
According to her confession to authorities, Pike killed Slemmer because she believed she was interested in her boyfriend romantically.
Christa Gail Pike appears remotely from Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation for her hearing in Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tenn., on Aug. 11, 2026.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
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Even though Shipp directly participated in the murder, he was ineligible for the death penalty because he was 17 at the time. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole, which he has not yet received.
Peterson, who cooperated with investigators and testified against Pike and Shipp, was given 460 days in jail after pleading guilty to being an accessory.
Pike was the only one in the case sentenced to death and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. She would have been the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
James Cirrone is a writer on the Breaking/Trending News team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to james.cirrone@fox.com.
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