Tennessee inmate Christa Pike's execution halted an hour beforehand
Death row inmate Christa Pike got a last-minute reprieve Wednesday when a federal appeals court stopped her execution about an hour before it was set to take place in Nashville. The latest: The court ordered "a short stay of execution" just before 9am CDT so it could consider an ongoing legal battle between Pike's attorneys and the state. Pike's attorneys argue her history of child sexual abuse wasn't presented to the jury before she was sentenced to death in 1996. Between the lines: The order stops Wednesday's execution and puts it on hold while the court considers this motion. The state supr
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