Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor says

The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said in a statement that stepping aside “is in the best interests” of the state as an independent review is carried out to determine why Pike’s execution failed Wednesday.

Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.

Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

田纳西州州长比尔·李周六宣布，在克丽斯塔·派克死刑执行失败后，该州监狱系统负责人将辞职。

田纳西州惩教署署长弗兰克·斯特拉达在一份声明中表示，在进行独立审查以确定派克周三的死刑执行失败原因期间，他“回避此事符合该州的最佳利益”。

派克的律师周五在法庭文件中表示，派克被接上了呼吸机，并在医院里一直处于昏迷状态。

她的律师说，医院工作人员正在努力挽救派克的生命，截至周四晚些时候，他们仍在努力清除她体内的两剂该州用于处决囚犯的药物。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。