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Federal Court Halts Execution At Last Minute For Woman Who Kept Piece Of Victim’s Skull

A federal appeals court halted Christa Pike’s execution shortly before 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, less than two hours before she was scheduled to die by lethal injection. A divided panel of the 6th Circuit issued a temporary stay to review claim

Republican Ledger staff · 9:47 AM ET

Federal Court Halts Execution At Last Minute For Woman Who Kept Piece Of Victim’s Skull
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A federal appeals court halted Christa Pike’s execution shortly before 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, less than two hours before she was scheduled to die by lethal injection.

A divided panel of the 6th Circuit issued a temporary stay to review claims that the jury that sentenced Pike to death never heard about her childhood sexual ...

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