克里斯塔·派克定于9月30日在田纳西州接受注射死刑，这将使她成为该州超过200年来首位被执行死刑的女性1。现年50岁的派克在31年前年仅18岁时，与当时的男友塔达瑞尔·希普共同杀害了19岁的科琳·斯莱默1。
派克的辩护团队指出她经历了严重创伤1。法医心理学家麦考伊指出，派克在11岁时遭到强奸，17岁时再次遭到性侵1。派克被诊断患有躁郁症，并有多次性虐待的历史1。然而，受害者母亲梅·马丁内斯支持执行死刑，她表示"她做了犯罪的事，我认为她应该为此付出代价"1。
统计数据显示，自1970年代以来，仅有18名女性在美国被处死，远少于1663名男性1。田纳西州州长比尔·李从未在死刑案件中批准过赦免1。联合国人权专家呼吁停止执行死刑1。
Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30 in Tennessee, making her the first woman to face capital punishment in the state in more than two centuries 1. The 50-year-old was convicted for her role in the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, which she committed alongside her then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp when Pike was just 18 years old 1.
Pike's defense team has mounted arguments against her execution, highlighting her significant history of trauma and mental illness 1. According to forensic psychologist McCoy, Pike was raped at age 11 and again at age 17, and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder 1. The defense contends that these factors should preclude her execution. In contrast, the victim's mother, May Martinez, supports the death sentence, stating: "She did the crime, and I think she should pay for it" 1.
The case underscores the rarity of capital punishment for women in the United States; only 18 women have been executed since the 1970s, compared to 1,663 men 1. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has never granted clemency in a death penalty case 1. Meanwhile, United Nations human rights experts have called for the execution to be halted 1.
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