NASHVILLE (The Thursday Times) — Aik maheena pehle nakam mohlik injection se bach jane wali Tennessee ki saza-e-maut ki qaidi Christa Pike ne Juma ko us raat ke baad apne pehle awami bayan mein kaha ke woh ab bhi musalsal dard mein hain, aur apni nakam saza-e-maut ke peechhe "na ahli" ki muzammat ki.
50 saala Pike ne apne wukala ki taraf se jari bayan mein kaha, "Us raat ke baad se aik lamha bhi aisa nahin guzra jab main dard mein na rahi hoon. Mera jism dard karta hai. Mere bazu dard karte hain. Mere haath dard karte hain. Mera gala dard karta hai. Mujhe ab bhi bolne mein mushkil hoti hai. Aur dard sirf jismani nahin. Mere zehan aur meri rooh mein bhi dard hai."
Pike ko 30 September ko Tennessee ke saza-e-maut ke kamre mein aik stretcher se bandha gaya aur saza par amal daramad karne wali team ke arkan ki taraf se taqreeban aik ghante tak IV line lagane ki koshish ke baad pentobarbital ka injection diya gaya. Woh bach gayin aur taqreeban 10 din hospital mein intensive care mein rahin, jahan un ke wukala ke mutabiq unhein pneumonia ho gaya, bazuon mein shadeed soojan ho gayi aur woh nigal nahin sakti theen. Khayal kiya jata hai ke woh mohlik injection ke zariye saza-e-maut ki koshish se bach jane wali wahid shakhsiyat hain.
Unhon ne kaha, "Mujhe us na ahli se gehra dukh pahuncha hai jis ne itne sare logon ko is khaufnak surat-e-haal mein daal diya hai", aur mazeed kaha ke jab un ki aankh khuli toh woh "hospital mein akeli, uljhan aur dard mein" theen. "Main nahin janti ke main us raat kyun bach gayi. Main nahin janti ke aage kya hoga." Unhon ne bataya ke unhein Nashville ki aik jail ke shifa khane mein zyada tar tanhai mein rakha gaya hai.
Governor Bill Lee ne bairooni jaize tak saza-e-maut par amal daramad rok diya hai, lekin is hafte kaha ke unhein tawaqqo hai ke jab tak adalatein koi aur faisla na karein, Pike ki saza-e-maut barqarar rahegi. Pike ko 1995 mein 19 saala Colleen Slemmer ke qatl par saza-e-maut sunayi gayi thi, jise unhon ne aur un ke us waqt ke boyfriend ne tashaddud kar ke qatl kiya tha jab Pike ki umr 18 saal thi. Un ke shareek mulzim Tadaryl Shipp ko kam umr hone ki wajah se saza-e-maut nahin di gayi.
