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State governor and supreme court earlier refused calls for clemency for Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/tennessee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>’s first execution of a woman in 200 years was halted by a court on Wednesday morning an hour before it was set to take place.The state governor and the supreme court had earlier refused calls for clemency in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/tennessee-woman-execution-christa-pike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">case of Christa Pike</a>, who was convicted of murder 30 years ago. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/tennessee-execution-halted-christa-pike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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