Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Donald Trump, yatangaje ko atumva uburyo igihano cy’urupfu cya Christa Pike kitashoboye gushyirwa mu bikorwa muri Tennessee, nyuma y’uko uyu mugore wari wakatiwe guhanishwa igihano cy’urupfu atishwe nk’uko byari biteganyijwe.

Pike, ufite imyaka 50, ni we mugore wenyine uri ku rutonde rw’abakatiwe urupfu muri Tennessee. Yari amaze imyaka irenga 30 ategereje kwicwa, nyuma yo guhamwa n’ubwicanyi bwakorewe ahitwa Colleen Slemmer mu 1995.

Igihano cye cyari giteganyijwe gushyirwa mu bikorwa ku wa 30 Nzeri 2026, muri Riverbend Maximum Security Institution i Nashville. TDOC yari yarabitangaje mbere ndetse inategura uburyo abanyamakuru bazakurikirana icyo gikorwa.

Trump yavuze ko kumwica bitagakwiye kuba bigoye

Ku wa 1 Ukwakira, ubwo yari i Denton muri Texas, Trump yabajijwe niba hari impinduka ateganya gukora mu buryo ibihano by’urupfu bishyirwa mu bikorwa nyuma y’ibyabaye kuri Pike.

Trump yavuze ko ari ikibazo Tennessee igomba gusuzuma, ariko agaragaza ko yatangajwe n’uko imiti yari igenewe guterwa uyu mugore, maze agapfa itamugizeho ingaruka zari zitezwe.

Yabajije uwahoze ari umuganga we muri White House, Umunyamuryango w’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko Ronny Jackson, wari kumwe na we, uko ibintu nk’ibyo bishobora kubaho.

Jackson na we yavuze ko atazi impamvu byabaye, maze Trump ashimangira ko, ku bwe, gushyira mu bikorwa icyo gikorwa bitagakwiye kuba bigoye.

Pike yajyanywe mu bitaro

Umwunganizi wa Pike, Randy Spivey, yavuze ko uyu mugore yari akiri muzima ariko ubuzima bwe butameze neza, ndetse akaba yari yajyanywe mu bitaro nyuma y’uko igikorwa cyo gushyira mu bikorwa igihano kitagenze nk’uko byari biteganyijwe.

TDOC yo yavuze ko yakurikije intambwe zose ziteganywa n’amabwiriza yemewe na Leta ya Tennessee, kandi ko uburyo bw’imiti bwari bwateganyijwe bwakoreshejwe nk’uko amabwiriza abiteganya. Impamvu nyayo yatumye igikorwa kidakorwa neza ntiratangazwa ku buryo bwuzuye.

Inkuru dukesha ikinyamakuru Daily Mail ivuga ko, umwunganizi wa Pike yavuze ko ibibazo bijyanye n’imiterere y’imiyoboro y’amaraso ye bishobora kuba byaragize uruhare muri icyo kibazo, icyakora ibi ni ibisobanuro byatanzwe n’uruhande rw’abamwunganira, ntabwo ruremezwa, ahubwo iperereza riracyakomeje.

Guverineri wa Tennessee, Bill Lee, yatangaje ko ibyabaye ari “akaga” maze ahagarika ibindi bihano by’urupfu muri iyo Leta kugeza mu mpera za 2026.

Ibi byagize ingaruka ku gihano cy’undi muntu wari uteganyijwe kwicwa ku wa 3 Ukuboza 2026, Gary Wayne Sutton, kuko na cyo cyahise gishyirwa mu bisubitswe. Iki ni cyo gikorwa cya kabiri cyo gushyira mu bikorwa igihano cy’urupfu cyananiranye muri Tennessee mu 2026.

Mbere yaho, igihano cya Tony Carruthers, wakatiwe urupfu kubera ubwicanyi bw’abantu batatu, na cyo nticyashyizwe mu bikorwa nk’uko byari biteganyijwe.

Nyuma y’ibyabaye kuri Pike, Umusenateri wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika uhagarariye Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, washyigikiye Trump, yasabye ko Leta yasubira ku gukoresha intebe y’amashanyarazi mu gushyira mu bikorwa ibihano by’urupfu.

Tennessee yashyizeho itegeko muri 2000 ryatumye gukoresha imiti iba uburyo bw’ibanze bwo gushyira mu bikorwa igihano cy’urupfu. Ariko amategeko ya Tennessee ateganya ko bamwe mu bantu bakoze ibyaha mbere ya 1999 bashobora guhitamo ko igihano cyabo gishyirwa mu bishyirwa mu bikorwa hakoreshejwe intebe y’amashanyarazi.

Christa Pike yahamijwe kugira uruhare mu rupfu rwa Colleen Slemmer, wari ufite imyaka 19, mu 1995 i Knoxville muri Tennessee.

Icyo gihe Pike yari afite imyaka 18, naho umusore bakundanaga, Tadaryl Shipp, yari afite imyaka 17. Abashinjacyaha bavuze ko Slemmer yajyanywe mu ishyamba aho Pike na Shipp bamugiriye nabi bikamuviramo gupfa.

Pike yakatiwe urwo gupfa mu 1996, akaba ari na we mugore wenyine uri ku rutonde rw’abakatiwe urupfu muri Tennessee kugeza ubu.