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  "id": 11102540,
  "title": "US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-supreme-court-allows-execution-of-christa-pike-to-go-ahead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:54:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/us-supreme-court-allows-execution-of-christa-pike-to-go-ahead/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Supreme Court has approved the execution of Christa Pike, making her the first woman to face death by lethal injection in Tennessee in over 200 years. Pike, 50, was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1996, when she was just 18 years old. She and her then-partner, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured and killed Slemmer at a job training camp for troubled teens. Tennessee's attorney general appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a last-minute reprieve granted by an appeals court. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative, approved the application to vacate the stay of the execution. The three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented, stating that the decision allowed Tennessee to execute Pike before she could challenge her conviction legally. Pike's lawyers argued that the state previously claimed she lied about sexual abuse as a child, but recently, the state admitted to her suffering sexual abuse and rape. Pike's clemency request was denied by Tennessee's governor. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, only 18 women have been executed in the US, accounting for about 1% of all US executions.",
  "summary": "The US Supreme Court cleared the way for death row inmate Christa Pike to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. The justices overturned a last-minute reprieve that was granted by an appeals court on Wednesday morning about an hour before Pike, 50, was due to be put to death. [...] The post US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead appeared first…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "After last-minute stay, U.S. Supreme Court says Tennessee can execute Christa Pike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/after-last-minute-stay-u-s-supreme-court-says-tennessee-can-execute",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:10:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Appeals court halts execution of Tennessee woman less than two hours before lethal injection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/appeals-court-halts-execution-of-tennessee-woman-less-than-two-hours",
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        "title": "US appeals court pauses execution of Tennessee killer Christa Pike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-appeals-court-pauses-execution-of-tennessee-killer-christa-pike",
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        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Court halts Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in two centuries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/court-halts-tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-two-centuries",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:40:35.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike for a Tennessee murder she committed at age 18",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/court-halts-execution-of-christa-gail-pike-for-a-tennessee-murder-she",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:01:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Execution of lone woman on Tennessee's death row paused by federal appeals court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/execution-of-lone-woman-on-tennessees-death-row-paused-by-federal",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:16:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Colombia One",
        "title": "Federal Appeals Court Halts Christa Pike Execution in Tennessee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/federal-appeals-court-halts-christa-pike-execution-in-tennessee",
        "published": "2026-09-30T21:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go forward",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/supreme-court-allows-execution-of-christa-pike-to-go-forward",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:09:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-supreme-court-allows-execution-of-christa-pike-to-go-ahead",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:23:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Supreme Court allows Christa Pike's execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/supreme-court-allows-christa-pikes-execution",
        "published": "2026-10-01T00:16:25.000Z"
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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."
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