田纳西州即将执行50岁的女性死囚克丽丝塔·派克，这将是该州200年来首次对女性实施死刑25。派克现为该州死刑区唯一的女性1。州长比尔·李已驳回了她的赦免请求5，派克定于9月30日被处以注射死刑5。
派克因1995年在诺克斯维尔杀害同学科琳·斯莱默而被判死刑2。当时派克仅18岁，与前男友塔达瑞尔·希普一起诱骗19岁的斯莱默到偏远地区，对其进行折磨和谋杀25。希普当时17岁，被判终身监禁且可获假释，而派克被判一级谋杀罪并处以死刑5。受害者的胸部被刻上五角星符号5。
派克的律师为其辩护，指出18岁的大脑不是成人大脑，18岁过于年轻不应面临死刑5。他们还指出派克有童年性虐待、遗弃和忽视的历史记录5。派克的法律团队已向美国最高法院提交请愿书，争取最后时刻的缓刑5。州长李在声明中表示："在经过深思熟虑考虑克丽丝塔·盖尔·派克的赦免请求并彻底审查案件后，我维持田纳西州的判决，不打算干预"5。
派克本人表示自己已找到内心平静1。若执行，派克将成为田纳西州在现代死刑时代首个因18岁时犯罪而被执行的人5。自1970年代以来，美国仅有18名女性被执行，相比1,663名男性5。
Tennessee is preparing to carry out its first execution of a woman in over two centuries.123 Christa Pike, age 50, is the sole female death row inmate in the state and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30.5 Governor Bill Lee has rejected Pike's plea for clemency, stating in a written decision that after carefully reviewing her request and the case record, he is maintaining Tennessee's judgment and does not intend to intervene.5
Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old fellow student with Pike in the Knox County Job Corps program in Knoxville.2 Pike was only 18 years old when she lured Slemmer to a remote area and, along with her then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, tortured and killed the victim, allegedly out of jealousy.25 Slemmer's body bore a five-pointed star carved into her chest.5 While Pike received a death sentence for first-degree murder, Shipp, who was 17 at the time, was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.5
Pike's legal team has already filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a last-minute stay of execution.5 Her attorneys argue that an 18-year-old brain is not a fully developed adult brain and that Pike should not face capital punishment for crimes committed at such a young age, particularly given her history of childhood sexual abuse, abandonment, and neglect.5 In recent years, only 18 women have been executed in the United States compared to 1,663 men since the 1970s.5
Despite her legal challenges, Pike has stated that she is at peace with her fate.1
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