Teen Killer Christa Pike Spared From Becoming First Woman Executed in Tennessee in Over 200 Years
Convicted Tennessee killer Christa Pike has been spared from execution, avoiding becoming the first woman executed in the state since the early 1800s; she was originally set to be executed on Tuesday but a last-minute appeal has stayed her death sentence for now.
Convicted Tennessee killer Christa Pike has been spared from execution, just hours before being set to die, as the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay in her case at the last minute, preventing her from becoming the first woman executed in the state since the early 1800s. The decision comes after a recent Supreme Court ruling on female executions, which had raised concerns about its constitutionality. Pike's fate will be re-evaluated by the appeals court or potentially the US Supreme Court in the coming days.
