Tennessee halts planned execution of Christa Pike
UKPulse News Desk
Tennessee's planned execution of Christa Pike, which would have been the first of a woman in the state for 200 years, was halted by a court on Wednesday morning.
- The execution was halted an hour before it was scheduled to take place.
- Christa Pike was convicted of murder 30 years ago.
- The state governor and supreme court had previously refused calls for clemency.
A court on Wednesday morning halted the planned execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, an hour before it was set to occur. This would have marked the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
Ms Pike was convicted of murder 30 years ago. Earlier calls for clemency in her case had been refused by both the state governor and the supreme court.