Supreme Court denies Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike's request to stop execution
The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Christa Pike, Tennessee's only woman on death row, who is scheduled to be executed for a 1995 murder.
Christa Pike, Tennessee's only woman on death row, is set to be executed Wednesday for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
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