US Supreme Court sides with Tennessee to allow its first execution of a woman in 200 years
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Tennessee can proceed with the execution of Christa Pike, marking the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. Pike, 50, would be the only person in modern US capital punishment history to be executed for a crime committed as a teenager. The Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution granted by a lower court, which had been ordered only an hour earlier.
Pike was convicted of murdering her high school classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in 1995 when she was 18 years old. The Court's 6-3 conservative majority lifted the stay, clearing the way for Pike's execution by lethal injection. Pike's lawyers had argued that her childhood trauma and sexual abuse were not adequately considered during her sentencing, but the Tennessee governor had denied her clemency.
If the execution runs out of time, Tennessee would need to obtain a new warrant from the state's Supreme Court.
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