Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike for a Tennessee murder she committed at age 18
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A federal appeals court has halted the scheduled execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee just an hour before it was set to begin. Pike was convicted of a murder she committed when she was 18 years old.
The temporary halt was issued so the court could review allegations regarding her childhood sexual abuse and rape. Had the execution proceeded, it would have marked the first time a woman was subjected to the death penalty in Tennessee in more than two hundred years.
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WPLG Local 10 (Miami, US)Highlights the offender's age at the time of the crime and abuse allegations.
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