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Supreme Court refuses to stop execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike

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  • Christa Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for murdering a teenage classmate at a job training camp.
  • Pike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years if the execution proceeds.
  • The Tennessee Governor denied Pike's clemency request on Monday before the scheduled Wednesday execution.
  • Only 18 women have been executed in the US since the 1970s, compared to 1,663 men.
US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution

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