Federal court temporarily halts execution of Tennessee woman on death row
A federal appeals court has temporarily stayed the execution of Christa Pike, who was convicted for a 1995 murder. Pike would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in nearly 200 years.
A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the execution of a Tennessee woman set to be the first female put to death in the state in nearly two centuries. Christa Pike, 50, was set to be executed Wednesday for the 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike’s lawyers have been arguing before the court and […]
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