Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: A federal court blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee to allow more time to weigh whether her history as a sexual abuse victim was properly considered. In 1995, Pike and two other teens tortured and killed a classmate.

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