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Tonight, the execution of Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate halted after several failed attempts to administer a lethal injection.
今晚，在多次尝试注射死刑失败后，爱达荷州服刑时间最长的死刑犯被暂停执行死刑。
"It wasn't a difficult decision, it was the right decision."
“这不是一个艰难的决定，这是一个正确的决定。”
Serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech was set to be executed at a maximum security institution near Boise.
连环杀手托马斯·尤金·克里奇，原定是在博伊西市附近的一所戒备森严的监狱内被处决的。
Prison officials say the medical team made eight attempts in multiple areas to establish an IV Line before pausing the execution.
监狱官员称，在暂停执行死刑之前，医疗小组在克里奇身体的多个部位进行了八次尝试，试图建立静脉注射通道。
"It was a vein quality issue that made them not confident in their ability to administer chemicals through the IV site."
“这是一个静脉特质问题，医疗小组没有信心在静脉注射部位施用化学物质。”
Media witnesses describe how the 73-year-old laid strapped on the execution table for more than 45 minutes, at times looking over and waving at his family.
据媒体目击者描述，这位73岁的死刑犯被躺着绑在行刑台上超过45分钟，不时向他的家人张望并挥手。
Creech, who was convicted of five murders, has been imprisoned since 1974.
克里奇被判犯有五起谋杀罪，自1974年以来一直被监禁。
His failed execution coming just weeks after Alabama executed a man using nitrogen gas for the first time, after an attempt using an IV also didn't work.
就在几周前，阿拉巴马州首次使用氮气窒息法处决了一名男子，因为他们在之前尝试静脉注射死刑时也没有成功。
In Idaho, there's a different alternative.
而在爱达荷州，会有一种不同的选择。
"At this point, Idaho law provides for execution by lethal injection or firing squad now."
“目前，爱达荷州的法律规定，死刑可以通过注射或枪决的方式来执行。”
