Federal appeals court stays Christa Pike execution with hours to spare
A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution for Christa Pike approximately one hour before her scheduled execution. The court granted the stay to allow time to review briefed arguments and resolve legal issues.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted the execution of Christa Pike around an hour before it was scheduled to occur. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued a short stay of execution order to permit time “to properly analyze the parties’ fully briefed arguments and resolve the issues on the merits.”...
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