Tennessee Execution of Christa Pike Halted by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the planned execution of Christa Pike, potentially delaying the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in over two centuries.
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Tennessee's planned execution of Christa Pike, which would have been the state's first female execution in more than 200 years, was halted Tuesday by a stay from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 split decision to grant the stay of execution, preventing the state from carrying out the death sentence at this time. The court's decision leaves the legal and ethical questions surrounding Pike's case, and the broader implications for capital punishment in Tennessee, unresolved for now.
Pike, who was convicted in the 1980s, was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1831. The stay was granted pending further review of her case by the appeals court.