Krista, a female death row inmate in Tennessee, USA. Parker's execution failed and he was injected with poison twice before dying.

Krista, a female death row inmate in Tennessee, USA. Photo of Christa Pike in 2002. (AP file photo)

The US state of Tennessee was originally scheduled to execute the first female death row inmate in 200 years on the evening of Wednesday (September 30), but unexpectedly it turned into a shocking and absurd execution. Reporters and lawyers who witnessed the scene confirmed that the 50-year-old female death row inmate did not die after being given two consecutive doses of lethal poison, and even screamed on the execution bed. The prison officials drove the reporter out of the execution place after closing the curtain several times to cover the situation. The female inmate was eventually rushed to the hospital by ambulance for rescue.

The American news website "Axios" reported that 50-year-old female death row inmate Krista. Christa Pike was scheduled to undergo lethal injection on Wednesday night local time. However, Pike's defense lawyer confirmed in an emergency document subsequently submitted to the court that the prison authorities injected Pike with two rounds of lethal poison, but she was still alive and was currently being treated in a local hospital. The specific condition was unknown.

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Journalists who were allowed into the execution site described the gruesome process. After the execution began at around 7 o'clock that night, Pike complained to the prison staff that his arm "felt like it was going to explode." Later, he also experienced severe pain at another injection point. Witnesses pointed out that Parker then began to gasp for air, twist his head and legs, and finally made regular snoring and breathing sounds, with no signs of breathing.

Curtains cover up the black box operation and the ambulance drives away with its siren honking.

Seeing that the death penalty could not be carried out smoothly, prison officials drew the curtains at the execution site several times to block the media's view. It was not until 8:53 p.m. that the warden directly ordered all reporters to be driven away from the execution site. Local TV station (WKRN) reporter Tori Gessner bluntly said: "Everything that happened today is extremely unusual. We have too many questions, but the authorities are completely operating in a black box behind the curtain." Just as the reporters were being driven out of the prison to hold a press conference, an ambulance drove away from the prison with its siren honking.

Parker was sentenced to death for brutally killing a classmate when he was 18 years old. The execution had just gone through fierce legal battles. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals originally ordered a stay on the morning of the execution, but the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically revoked the stay at 6 p.m. and allowed the execution. The Tennessee Department of Corrections as of late Wednesday night had not issued any official statement on the failed execution or Pike's life and death status.