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Tennessee inmate Christa Pike's execution halted an hour beforehand
Death row inmate Christa Pike got a last-minute reprieve Wednesday when a federal appeals court stopped her execution about an hour before it was set to take place in Nashville.The latest: The court ordered "a short stay of execution" just before 9am CDT so it could consider an ongoing legal battle…
By Adam TamburinAxios AI+
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Originally published by Axios AI+ on Sep 30, 2026.
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