US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
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Covered by BBC News – US & Canada, NPR – News, The Guardian – US News. The Tennessee inmate has been awaiting execution since she was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a teenage classmate.
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- BBC News – US & Canada: US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
- BBC News – US & Canada: Watch: Why was the US execution of Christa Pike halted?
- BBC News – US & Canada: US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
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- US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
The Tennessee inmate has been awaiting execution since she was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a teenage classmate.
- Watch: Why was the US execution of Christa Pike halted?
The 50-year-old Tennessee woman was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
- US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before judges from an appeals court halted the execution.
- Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year.
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- US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
Sep 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The Tennessee inmate has been awaiting execution since she was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a teenage classmate.
- Watch: Why was the US execution of Christa Pike halted?
Sep 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The 50-year-old Tennessee woman was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
- US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
Sep 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before judges from an appeals court halted the execution.
- Watch: What we know after Christa Pike survived two lethal injections
Oct 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Her legal team filed an emergency motion to halt the convicted murderer's execution as it was happening.
- What happened in failed execution of Christa Pike - and what next?
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