US Supreme Court allows Christa Gail Pike’s execution in Tennessee to go forward

A federal court issued a last-minute stay to halt the execution of a Tennessee woman convicted of a 1995 murder committed when she was 18.
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee to go forward.
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