POLITICS
Tennessee execution of Christa Pike halted by court
Christa Pike, 50, was set to be executed Wednesday in Tennessee for the 1995 murder of a classmate, which would have been the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. A court halted the execution, pausing the planned procedure.
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Left-leaning outlets emphasized the historic nature of the execution as Tennessee's first of a woman in two centuries and highlighted Pike's murder of a young classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in 1995. Coverage noted that both the governor and state supreme court had earlier refused clemency requests before the court halt.
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