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Supreme Court Clears Way For Tennessee To Execute Woman Who Kept Piece Of Victim’s Skull
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for Tennessee to move forward with the execution of Christa Pike, lifting a last-minute stay issued by a federal appeals court less than two hours before she was scheduled to die by lethal injection.In a 6-3 decision, the high court granted Tennessee’s emergency request to lift the temporary block. Pike, who tortured and murdered a classmate, is set to become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years. The ruling allows Tennessee to carry out the execution before Pike’s death warrant expires at midnight local time Wednesday.Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.“Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent,” Sotomayor wrote for the liberal wing. Hours before the Supreme Court’s intervention, a divided 2-1 panel of the 6th Circuit blocked the execution to consider claims that Pike’s jury never heard about her childhood sexual abuse. Judge...
By: dailywire.com
