The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the execution of Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate convicted in the 1995 murder of a teenage classmate. This decision clears the way for the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
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Supreme Court denies clemency appeal for Christa Pike, Tennessee to execute first woman in 200 years
The Supreme Court has denied a clemency appeal for Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder in 1995. Tennessee is set to carry out its first execution of a woman in 200 years on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court declines Christa Pike’s clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years
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