SocietyUS court halts execution that could make Tennessee woman’s death the first in 200 years
A US federal court stayed the execution of 50-year-old Christa Pike just hours before it was scheduled at a maximum-security prison in Nashville. Her lawyers argued that proceedings had failed to consider sexual abuse she suffered as a child. The Tennessee Supreme Court had declined to intervene, and Governor Bill Lee rejected clemency.
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TASS★★★☆☆2026-09-30 16:25Original
US court halts execution that could make Tennessee woman’s death the first in 200 years