美国最高法院推翻了上诉法院的临时禁令，准许田纳西州对死刑犯克里斯塔·派克的处死令继续进行1。派克因1996年谋杀科琳·斯莱默而被判处死刑1，若执行将成为田纳西州200多年来首位被处死的女性1。原定于周三早上进行的注射死刑被第六巡回上诉法院暂时叫停，随后由大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺夫准许推翻这一暂停令1。
三位自由派大法官对这一决定表示反对1。索托马约尔大法官指出，"田纳西州渴望在几天甚至几周内加快派克的处死不能超过她对自己生命的根本利益"1。派克的律师声称，田纳西州之前曾指控派克谎报童年性虐待经历，但最近该州又承认未否认此指控1。此外，田纳西州州长本周拒绝了派克的特赦请求1。
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a temporary stay of execution issued by a lower court, clearing the way for Tennessee to proceed with the capital punishment of Christa Pike.1 Justice Brett Kavanaugh authorized the lifting of the suspension, which had halted Pike's lethal injection execution originally scheduled for Wednesday morning.1 Pike was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Colleen Slemmer.1
If carried out, Pike will become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.1 Three liberal justices—Sotomayor, Kagan, and Brown Jackson—dissented from the decision.1 Justice Sotomayor argued that "Tennessee's desire to expedite Pike's execution by a few days or even weeks cannot outweigh her 'fundamental interest in [her] own life.'"1 According to Pike's legal team, Tennessee had previously claimed that Pike falsified allegations of childhood sexual abuse, only to later concede that it did not dispute such claims.1 Earlier this week, Tennessee's governor rejected Pike's request for clemency.1
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