Federal court temporarily halts execution of Tennessee woman on death row

​A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the execution of a Tennessee woman set to be the first female put to death in the state in nearly two centuries. ​Christa Pike, 50, was set to be executed Wednesday for the 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike’s lawyers have been arguing before the court and […]

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