Christa Pike yongeye kuvuga nyuma yo kurokoka inshinge ebyiri zo kumwica

Abamwunganira mu mategeko batangaje ko Pike w'imyaka 50, ubu yagaruye ubwenge ndetse ari no kuvuga, nubwo akomeje kwitabwaho cyane n’abaganga mu bitaro afungishijwe amapingu ku kuboko no ku maguru. Abaganga bakomeje gukurikirana uko ubuzima bwe buhagaze.

Umuganga w’inzobere mu gutera ikinya, Dr Joel Zivot, uri gufasha ikipe y’abamwunganira, yabwiye BBC ko Pike ashobora kuvugana n’abantu mu buryo bw’ibanze, ariko ko asa n’udafite ibyo yibuka ku cyabaye ubwo yageragezwaga kwicwa.

Pike yahawe igihano cy’urupfu nyuma yo guhamwa n’uruhare mu iyicwa rya Colleen Slemmer, wari ufite imyaka 19, mu 1995. Pike yari afite imyaka 18 icyo gihe, akaba yarakoze icyo cyaha ari kumwe n’umukunzi we, Tadaryl Shipp.

Yatewe inshinge z’uburozi inshuro ebyiri ariko ntiyapfa

Ku wa 30 Nzeri, abayobozi ba Tennessee bagerageje kwica Pike bakoresheje inshinge z’umuti witwa pentobarbital, ariko nubwo yatewe uyu muti inshuro ebyiri ntizamuhitanye.

Nyuma y’uko bigaragaye ko igihano kitagenze uko byari biteganyijwe, Pike yajyanywe mu bitaro, aho yamaze iminsi itari mike ari muri coma. Abaganga bakomeje kumwitaho ndetse banakoresha uburyo bwo gukuramo umuti wari wamwinjiyemo.

Abamwunganira bavuze ko ubu hataramenyekana neza uko ubuzima bwe buzamera, ariko ko biteze ko azamara igihe kirekire yitabwaho kugira ngo yongere kumererwa neza.

Dr Zivot yavuze ko Pike yamaze gukurwa ku mashini yamufashaga guhumeka. Uyu muganga yavuze ko kandi Pike ashobora kwibuka bimwe mu bihe yamaze mu bitaro, ariko ko atibuka neza igeragezwa ry’igihano cy’urupfu.

Yavuze ko Pike ashobora kuvuga izina rye, ndetse akaba yaragerageje kuvuga itariki, ariko akibeshya kuko yatekerezaga ko ukwezi bariho ari Nzeri.

Abahanga bavuga ko ibyabaye kuri Pike ari ibintu bidasanzwe

Abahanga mu bijyanye n’igihano cy’urupfu bavuga ko kuba Pike yarokotse nyuma yo guterwa umuti wica ari ibintu bidasanzwe cyane.

Deborah Denno, umwarimu muri Fordham Law School akaba n’inzobere mu byaha n’igihano cy’urupfu, yavuze ko yatangajwe bikomeye no kumva ko Pike yongeye kugira ubwenge no kuvuga.

Yavuze ko hari abandi bantu barindwi bari bararokotse igeragezwa ry’igihano cy’urupfu muri Amerika, ariko ko muri izo dosiye nta muti wica wari warashoboye kwinjira mu mitsi yabo.

Denno yavuze ko Pike ari we muntu wa mbere urokotse uyu umuti w’uburozi kandi wamaze kwinjira mu mubiri we. Ati: “Byose byakozwe uko byagombaga gukorwa mu gihe cyo gutanga igihano, ariko ntibyagize icyo bitanga. Ibi ntibyigeze bibaho na mbere.”

Umwanditsi w’inkuru Steven Hale, wari uhari ubwo igeragezwa ry’igihano ryakorwaga, na we yavuze ko atazi indi nkuru isa neza n’iyi.

Ntiharamenyekana icyatumye igihano kidakora

Kugeza ubu, abayobozi ba Tennessee ntibarasobanura impamvu inshinge za pentobarbital zatanzwe inshuro ebyiri zitatumye Pike apfa.

Dr Zivot akeka ko bishobora kuba umuti utarageze mu maraso ye ku rugero rukwiye. Ushobora kuba warakwirakwiye mu nyama zo munsi y’uruhu aho kwinjira mu mitsi ku bwinshi bwari bukenewe kugira ngo umwice.

Abamwunganira bari baraburiye mbere ko Pike afite ibibazo by’ubuzima bishobora gutuma kubona imitsi yoroshye guterwamo urushinge bigorana. Muri byo harimo thrombocytosis, indwara ishobora gutuma amaraso yivanga cyane, ndetse n’uko imitsi ye ari mito.

Tennessee yahagaritse ibihano by’urupfu kugeza umwaka urangiye

Nyuma y’iki kibazo, Guverineri wa Tennessee, Bill Lee, yahagaritse ibihano byose by’urupfu biteganyijwe muri iyo Leta kugeza umwaka urangiye.

Umuyobozi w’urwego rushinzwe gereza muri Tennessee na we yatangaje ko agiye kuva ku mirimo ye. Kugeza ubu, abayobozi ntibaravuga niba bazongera kugerageza kwica Pike.

Abamwunganira basabye Guverineri Bill Lee gukoresha ububasha afite agahindura igihano cya Pike, aho kwicwa agahabwa igifungo cya burundu nta mahirwe yo kurekurwa.

Pike yishe Slemmer afite imyaka 18

Pike yari afite imyaka 18 ubwo we n’umukunzi, Tadaryl Shipp, bakubitaga, bakica Colleen Slemmer wari ufite imyaka 19.

Aba bombi bari barahuriye mu kigo cyahugurirwagamo urubyiruko rwari rufite ibibazo.

Shipp yari afite imyaka 17 igihe icyaha cyakorwaga. Kubera ko icyo gihe yari atarageza ku myaka y’ubukure yemewe n’amategeko, ntiyahawe igihano cy’urupfu. Aracyafunze kugeza ubu.

Abamwunganira biteganyijwe ko bazitaba urukiko i Nashville ku wa Gatatu washize muri iki cyumweru.

Igihano cy’urupfu cyakomeje kuvugwaho kudakora

Ikigo Death Penalty Information Center, gikurikirana amakuru ajyanye n’ibihano by’urupfu muri Amerika, cyatangaje ko mu 2022, abarenga kimwe cya gatatu cy’abantu bishwe mu rwego rw’ibihano by’urupfu, ibihano byabo byagize ibibazo bikomeye cyangwa ntibigende neza.

Mu bijyanye no kwicwa hakoreshejwe inshinge, kimwe mu bibazo bikunze kubaho ni ukunanirwa kubona umutsi ushobora guterwamo umuti wica.

Icyakora, mu manza iki kigo cyakurikiranye, ibibazo byose byabaga mbere y’uko imiti yica ibasha kwinjira mu mubiri w’umuntu.

Muri Gicurasi uyu mwaka, na bwo muri Tennessee, igihano cy’urupfu cya Tony Carruthers, wahamijwe gushimuta no kwica abantu batatu mu 1994, cyarasubitswe nyuma y’uko abakozi bananiwe kubona umutsi wo guteramo inshinge. Guverineri yamuhaye umwaka umwe wo gutegereza.

Ku bijyanye na Christa Pike, ariko, ikibazo kirihariye kuko umuti wica winjiye mu mubiri we, nyamara akaza kurokoka.

Kugeza ubu, ikibazo gikomeye gihari ni ukumenya uko ubuzima bwa Pike buzakomeza ndetse n’uko abayobozi ba Tennessee bazitwara ku byerekeye igihano cye cy’urupfu.