US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before a lower court paused the execution.
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Notable Quotes
"Tennessee's desire to expedite Pike's execution by a few days or even weeks cannot outweigh her 'fundamental interest in [her] own life.'"
— Sonia Sotomayor , Politician
"I was a mentally ill 18-year-old kid. It took me numerous years to even realise the gravity of what I'd done."
— Christa Pike , Other
Key People
Brett Kavanaugh is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Christa Pike is a woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of murder in 1995.
Colleen Slemmer was a victim of a brutal murder in 1995.
Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Tadaryl Shipp was Christa Pike's boyfriend at the time of the murder.
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The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before a lower court paused the execution.
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