{
  "id": 10989682,
  "title": "Tennessee court makes last minute move to temporarily halt Christa Pike's execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/tennessee-court-makes-last-minute-move-to-temporarily-halt-christa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:50:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tennessee-court-makes-last-minute-move-to-temporarily-halt-christa-pikes-execution/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Christa Pike's execution was temporarily halted by a US appeals court, just hours before it was scheduled to take place. According to CBS News, this stay of execution was granted, making Pike not the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years, at least for now.\n\nThe 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, as reported by the South China Morning Post, ordered a \"short stay of execution\". This was done to review Pike's claims that her history of severe childhood sexual abuse, as mentioned in the France 24 report, was not adequately considered during her sentencing.\n\nThe execution was halted just an hour before it was scheduled, with multiple outlets confirming it would have been a historic event as the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years, as reported by ABC News AU and CBS News. The stay is temporary and does not cancel the execution, as per the Hindustan Times - World News.",
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "El caso de Christa Pike, la primera mujer que será ejecutada en Tennessee en más de dos siglos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/el-caso-de-christa-pike-la-primera-mujer-que-sera-ejecutada-en",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "The case of Christa Pike, the first woman due to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/the-case-of-christa-pike-the-first-woman-due-to-be-executed-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T13:12:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/christa-pike-seeks-firing-squad-not-lethal-injection-inside-us",
        "published": "2026-09-30T13:14:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Christa Pike makes strange request before Tennessee execution, refuses last meal - ‘I’m only nervous about…’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/christa-pike-makes-strange-request-before-tennessee-execution-refuses",
        "published": "2026-09-30T14:17:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "US Court stays Christa Pike execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-court-stays-christa-pike-execution",
        "published": "2026-09-30T14:56:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Federal appeals court stays Christa Pike execution with hours to spare",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/federal-appeals-court-stays-christa-pike-execution-with-hours-to-spare",
        "published": "2026-09-30T14:59:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Doomed teen Killer Christa Pike gets last minute stay of execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/doomed-teen-killer-christa-pike-gets-last-minute-stay-of-execution",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:55:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}