State governor and supreme court earlier refused calls for clemency for Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder Tennessee ’s first execution of a woman in 200 years was halted by a court on Wednesday morning an hour before it was set to take place . The state governor and the supreme court had...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/tennessee-execution-halted-christa-pike)