# Federal appeals court pauses execution of Tennessee’s lone woman on death row

https://mins.news/en/item/80859

- ABC News, 2026-09-30 19:15 UTC
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- Original: https://abcnews.com/US/execution-lone-woman-tennessees-death-row-paused-federal/story?id=136893331

> A federal appeals court has paused the execution of Christa Pike, 50, Tennessee’s only woman on death row. Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

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