Christa Pike: execution halted then cleared at the last minute in Tennessee
The Supreme Court lifted the stay ordered earlier by a federal appeals court.
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Christa Pike, convicted in 1996 for the murder of a classmate, is set to be executed by lethal injection Wednesday in Tennessee.
The Supreme Court cleared her execution, which had earlier been halted by a federal appeals court.
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