Execution of US assassin Christa Pike halted an hour earlier than it was because of occur

The execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike has been halted an hour earlier than it was because of occur.

Pike, 50, has been awaiting execution since she was convicted and sentenced to demise in 1996 for the homicide of Colleen Slemmer.

Of their ruling on Wednesday, judges from the Sixth Circuit Appeals court docket stated they wanted extra time to think about the arguments in Pike’s case.

This newest ruling comes after the US Supreme Courtroom denied a reprieve and the Tennessee governor declined to grant Pike’s request for clemency earlier this week.

Her attorneys stated that for years, the state of Tennessee argued in court docket that Pike had lied about being sexually abused as a baby.

However at a latest listening to about her execution technique, the State stated it doesn’t dispute that she suffered sexual abuse and rape.

Pike’s authorized staff requested the appeals court docket to ship her movement again to the district court docket, arguing that if the federal courts primarily based their ruling on the state’s earlier declare that she was mendacity, then the federal assessment have been affected.

Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend beat, tortured and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old they met at a job coaching camp for troubled teenagers.

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