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.

田納西州對Christa Pike的注射死刑因藥物未能致死而失敗，她成為首位接受完整致死劑量卻存活的人。文章梳理美國歷史上絞刑、電椅與注射死刑的失敗案例，並討論法院如何在第八修正案下裁定能否再次執行。