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Supreme Court declines Christa Pike's clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years

Supreme Court declines Christa Pike's clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the execution of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted in the 1995 murder of a teenage classmate, clearing the way for the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. loc...

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