美国最高法院周一拒绝审理查尔斯顿教堂大屠杀枪手试图取消其审判法官资格的请求，该请求声称法官未能保持中立。
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Charleston church massacre shooter’s attempt to disqualify his trial judge from further proceedings over claims that he failed to remain impartial.
最高法院的决定维持了上诉法院的裁决，该裁决认定没有理由将美国地区法官理查德·格格尔从针对已定罪枪手迪兰·鲁夫的死刑案件中移除。
The high court’s decision leaves intact an appeals court ruling that found no basis to remove U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel from the death-penalty case against convicted shooter Dylann Roof.
现年32岁的鲁夫因于2015年5月在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿历史悠久的伊曼纽尔非洲卫理公会教堂向聚集进行圣经学习的教友开枪，被判犯有联邦仇恨罪及相关罪名。九人遇难，五人幸存。
Roof, now 32, was convicted of federal hate crime and related charges for opening fire on a group of parishioners who were gathered for Bible study at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in May 2015. Nine people were killed. Five people survived the attack.
这名自称白人至上主义者因大屠杀于2017年被判死刑，他供认此举意在引发种族战争。
The self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to death in 2017 for the massacre, which he confessed was intended to spark a race war.
鲁夫在量刑阶段自行辩护，十年来发起多次试图推翻定罪并争取重审的尝试，均告失败。最高法院此前已于2022年拒绝受理他的上诉一次。
Roof, who represented himself in the sentencing phase, has mounted multiple unsuccessful attempts to overturn his conviction and get a new trial in the decade since. The Supreme Court had already denied taking up his appeal once, in 2022.
新的挑战集中在正在进行的定罪后程序上，鲁夫的律师辩称，由于存在“宪法上不可接受的偏见表象”，格格尔法官应当回避。
The new challenge focused on the ongoing post-conviction proceedings, which Roof’s lawyers argued Gergel should be removed from due to a “constitutionally unacceptable appearance of bias” in the matter.
该指控源于一次对话，律师称格格尔在对话中表达了审理此案的意愿。
The allegation stems from a conversation in which lawyers say Gergel expressed a desire to handle the trial.
“批准请愿书不会动摇原有的定罪或判决，而是确保公众对司法系统的信心，并确保本案诉求的解决不带有任何偏袒的表象，”鲁夫的律师在请愿书中写道。“像这样的案件，仍处于受害者和公众的审视之下，理应如此。”司法偏见问题已提交给美国第四巡回上诉法院。
"In granting the petition, this Court will not disturb the underlying convictions or sentence, but rather ensure confidence in our judiciary and the resolution of the claims in this case with no appearance of partiality," Roof's lawyers wrote in its petition. "A case like this one, which remains under scrutiny of the victims and the public, demands no less." The judicial bias issue was raised with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held last year that Roof had not shown a “clear and indisputable right to recusal” after finding his allegations that Gergel wanted the case from the beginning were insufficient and based on hearsay.
去年，上诉法院裁定：Roof并未证明自己拥有“明确且无可争议的回避理由”。法院认为，Roof关于Gergel从一开始就企图操纵该案件的指控缺乏证据，且这些指控仅基于道听途说。特朗普政府曾敦促最高法院不要再次介入此案，称上诉法院的裁决无需进一步审查。Roof目前被关押在印第安纳州特雷霍特市的一所高安全级别监狱中。他是三名联邦死刑犯之一；在乔·拜登卸任前，拜登并未将他们的死刑判决改为无期徒刑。
The Trump administration had urged the Supreme Court not to get involved again, writing that the appeals court's order did not warrant further review. Roof is housed in a high-security prison in Terre Haute, Ind. He was one of three federal death-row inmates whose sentence was not commuted to life in prison by former President Joe Biden on his way out of office.