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

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:22:50 GMT

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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