US Supreme Court clears way for Tennessee woman’s execution
Christa Pike will be put to death for murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, in what would be the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
The US Supreme Court has permitted Tennessee to proceed with its first execution of a woman in 200 years. Christa Pike, 50, is set to be executed by lethal injection for killing a schoolmate three decades ago. Pike's clemency petition, which highlighted her childhood trauma and sexual abuse, was denied by Governor Bill Lee. The Supreme Court lifted a temporary stay granted to Pike one hour before her scheduled execution.
Pike would be the only person in modern US capital punishment history to be executed for a crime committed as a teenager. The execution will take place at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, with a precise time frame yet to be determined.
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