Tennessee asks Supreme Court to vacate Pike’s stay of execution
The stay lets appeals judges review whether Pike’s childhood abuse and mental health evidence was fully considered before the state proceeds.
- On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a temporary stay of execution, clearing the way for Tennessee to execute death-row inmate Christa Pike by lethal injection.
- Convicted for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, Pike was 18 when she carried out the attack at a Knoxville Job Corps Center, where prosecutors say she tortured the victim.
- Executions of women are rare in the U.S., accounting for about 1% of the 1,683 people executed since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Pike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in at least 200 years.
- A 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a short stay earlier on Wednesday to weigh Pike's claims that her history of childhood sexual abuse was not adequately considered during her sentencing.
- Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, arguing the Court's decision "unnecessarily prevents that court from giving due consideration to Pike's claim" before the state proceeds.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Tennessee to move forward with the execution of Christa Gail Pike after a federal appeals court issued an eleventh-hour stay. The high court vacated the Sixth Circuit’s order Wednesday evening, removing the legal barrier that had halted the execution only hours earlier. The ruling does not itself confirm that the lethal injection has been completed. It restores Tennessee’s authority to proceed under…
Supreme Court sides with Tennessee to allow its first execution of a woman in 200 years
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Tennessee could proceed with its first execution of a woman in 200 years, clearing the way for Christa Pike to be put to death by lethal injection for murdering a schoolmate as an 18-year-old three decades ago.
THE US Supreme Court has approved the execution of Christa Pike, the first woman in Tennessee in 200 years, after the governor denied a request for clemency.
Supreme Court Clears Tennessee Execution of Christa Pike
The Supreme Court cleared the path for Tennessee to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 torture murder, the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years. The Hill reported that the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the scheduled lethal injection of Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike, convicted in the 1995 killing […]
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