US: Court pauses execution of lone woman on Tennessee death row

Nigerian Tribune | 30-09-2026 11:08pm |

A federal appeals court has stopped the execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee. She was supposed to be executed by lethal injection for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. The execution was scheduled for Wednesday morning, but the court's decision means it will not happen as planned.

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