# Christa Pike granted stay of execution

https://mins.news/en/item/80462

- BBC News, 2026-09-30 14:33 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw20vxxn876no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike was halted an hour before it was scheduled. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said it needed more time to consider her case. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for murdering Colleen Slemmer.

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