JUST IN: US Supreme Court Allows Tennessee’s Execution of Christa Pike to Move Forward
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike to move forward after a last-minute stay. The post JUST IN: US Supreme Court Allows Tennessee’s Execution of Christa Pike to Move Forward appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- The US Supreme Court allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee to move forward.
- A last-minute stay of execution by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was overturned by the Supreme Court.
- The appeals court had questioned whether Pike's childhood sexual abuse allegations were considered during sentencing.
- Pike, 50, is scheduled for execution for a 1995 murder, stabbing, torture, and beating of Colleen Slemmer.
- This is the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years.