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Execution of Christa Pike halted at the last minute by a Tennessee appeals court

30 September 2026 at 16:57

The state of Tennessee has ordered a stay on the execution of a woman who was sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow student when she was 18. If it had been carried out as planned on Wednesday, Christa Pike, now 50, would have been be the first woman put to death in the mid-southeastern state in more than two centuries.

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Protesters call for clemency for Christa Pike in Tennessee on September 29.
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