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Cincinnati Enquirer
Who is Christa Pike? Tennessee's only woman on death row survives lethal injection
Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, was featured on Investigation Discovery's "Mean Girl Murders." What to know about her case.
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Nashville Tennessean
Why was Christa Pike set to be executed? Case made her only woman on TN death row
Christa Pike was a student at the Knoxville Job Corps, a federal job training program, when she brutally killed fellow student Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
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Reuters
Christa Pike gets "life-saving medical care" after surviving Tennessee execution
By Jonathan Allen Oct 1 (Reuters) - Christa Pike was receiving "life-saving medical care" in a Nashville hospital on Thursday hours after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to execute her with lethal injections, her lawyers said, renewing scrutiny of capital punishment in the US.
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Reuters
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt
By Steve Gorman Sept 30 (Reuters) - Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.
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AP News
What to know about Christa Pike and her failed lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee
Christa Pike is still alive following a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee
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Nashville Tennessean
What time is Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee? What to know
Christa Pike, who was 18 when she was convicted of first degree murder in 1996, will be executed on Sept. 30 in Nashville.
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Nashville Tennessean
What did Christa Pike do? What to know ahead of Tennessee execution
Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, is scheduled to be executed Sept. 30. Here's what to know about her case.
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Nashville Tennessean
Botched Christa Pike execution leads Gov. Lee to order review
The Tennessee Department of Correction, which handled the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, said it did everything right.
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Reuters
Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in two centuries
By Steve Gorman Sept 30 (Reuters) - Death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, is due to be executed by lethal injection in Tennessee on Wednesday, becoming the first woman that state has put to death in more than two hundred years.
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Reuters
Appeals court halts Tennessee's first execution of a woman in two centuries
By Steve Gorman Sept 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to become the first woman that state has put to death in more than two hundred years. The 6th U.S.
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USA Today
Federal court halts execution of Christa Pike in 11th hour
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order the morning of Sept. 30 staying Pike's execution 'until further order of this court.'
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Florida Times-Union
Christa Pike execution halted in 1995 murder of Jacksonville woman
Christa Pike was convicted of killing Jacksonville, Florida native Colleen Slemmer, 19, in 1995. Her execution, set for Sept. 30, has been stayed.
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