死囚克里斯塔·派克于周三获得最后时刻的暂缓执行令，联邦上诉法院在纳什维尔预定执行时间前约一小时叫停了她的死刑。
Death row inmate Christa Pike got a last-minute reprieve Wednesday when a federal appeals court stopped her execution about an hour before it was set to take place in Nashville.
最新动态：法院于中部夏令时上午9点前下令“短暂暂缓执行”，以便审理派克律师与州政府之间正在进行的法律纠纷。
The latest: The court ordered "a short stay of execution" just before 9am CDT so it could consider an ongoing legal battle between Pike's attorneys and the state.
- 派克的律师辩称，她在1996年被判处死刑前，其遭受儿童性虐待的历史未向陪审团披露。
• Pike's attorneys argue her history of child sexual abuse wasn't presented to the jury before she was sentenced to death in 1996.
深层解读：该命令暂停了周三的执行，并在法院审理此动议期间将其搁置。
Between the lines: The order stops Wednesday's execution and puts it on hold while the court considers this motion.
- 根据这场法律纠纷的结果，州最高法院未来仍可能设定新的执行日期。
• The state supreme court could still set another execution date in the future depending on the outcome of this legal fight.
各方观点：法院写道：“正义的利益以及派克即将执行的死刑的最终性，要求下达短暂暂缓执行令，以便对各方充分陈述的论点进行适当分析，并从实质层面解决相关问题。”
What they're saying: "The interests of justice and the finality of Pike's impending execution compel the entry of a short stay of execution in order to properly analyze the parties' fully briefed arguments and resolve the issues on the merits," the court wrote.
- 三名法官小组中有两名支持该命令。第三名法官持异议，称这场法律纠纷是“试图拖延合法执行的最后无谓努力”。
• Two members of a three-judge panel backed the order. The third judge disagreed, describing the legal fight as a "last-ditch meritless effort to delay a lawful execution."
聚焦细节：派克是田纳西州死囚名单上唯一的女性，她因1995年谋杀科琳·斯勒默而被定罪并判处死刑。案发时派克18岁。
Zoom in: Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Pike was 18 at the time.
- 另有两人因该案被定罪，但只有派克被判处死刑。
• Two other people were convicted in the case, but only Pike got the death penalty.
- 派克的支持者并不质疑她的罪行，但主张其童年虐待史应在量刑阶段作为“关于犯罪的重要背景和减轻情节”提交给陪审团。
• Pike's advocates do not contest her guilt, but they argue that her history of childhood abuse should have been presented to the jury during the sentencing phase as "important context and mitigation for the offense."