9/30/2026
Political Picture · policy

Supreme Court declines Christa Pike’s clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years

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Supreme Court declines Christa Pike’s clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the execution of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted in the 1995 murder of a teenage classmate, clearing the way for the state’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.   Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in…
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