死囚克里斯塔·派克周三获得最后一刻的缓刑，联邦上诉法院在纳什维尔原定处决前约一小时停止了执行。
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.
最新进展：美国第六巡回上诉法院在上午9点前下令“短暂暂缓执行”，以便考虑派克的律师与州政府之间正在进行的法律斗争。派克原定于上午10点通过注射死刑处决。
The latest: The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered "a short stay of execution" before 9am CDT so it could consider an ongoing legal battle between Pike's attorneys and the state. Pike was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10am.
- 派克的律师辩称，1996年她被判处死刑前，她的儿童性虐待史未被提交给陪审团。
• Pike's attorneys argue her history of child sexual abuse wasn't presented to the jury before she was sentenced to death in 1996.
幕后：该命令停止了周三的处决，并在法院审议与派克争取改判相关的动议期间暂缓执行。
Between the lines: The order stopped Wednesday's execution and put it on hold while the court considers a motion related to Pike's fight to change her sentence.
- 根据这场法律辩论的结果，州最高法院未来仍可能设定另一个处决日期。
• The state supreme court could still set another execution date in the future depending on the outcome of this legal debate.
各方表态：上诉法院写道：“正义的利益和派克即将执行的最终性，要求下达短暂暂缓执行令，以便适当分析双方充分陈述的论点，并根据案情解决争议。”
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 appeals court wrote.
- 由三名法官组成的合议庭中有两名成员支持该命令。第三名法官持反对意见，称这场法律斗争是“毫无根据的最后一搏，旨在拖延合法处决”。
• 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." The other side:
另一方：田纳西州总检察长办公室迅速要求美国最高法院介入，推翻上诉法院的暂缓执行令，并允许处决继续进行。
The Tennessee attorney general's office quickly asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, overturn the appeals court's stay and allow the execution to proceed.
聚焦：派克是田纳西州死囚牢房中唯一的女性，因1995年谋杀19岁的科琳·斯莱默被定罪并判处死刑，斯莱默被殴打致死。派克当时18岁。
Zoom in: Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, who was beaten to death. Pike was 18 at the time.
- 另有两人在此案中被定罪，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.
- 派克的支持者不否认她的罪行，但辩称她的童年虐待史应在量刑阶段作为“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."