Christa Pike survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest person to endure a failed execution

The constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped states from attempting to execute the same person again.

田纳西州对Christa Pike的注射死刑因药物未能致死而失败，她成为首位接受完整致死剂量却存活的人。文章梳理美国历史上绞刑、电椅与注射死刑的失败案例，并讨论法院如何在第八修正案下裁定能否再次执行。