Execution of lone woman on Tennessee's death row paused by federal appeals court

The execution of the only woman on Tennessee's death row was paused at the 11th hour as a federal appeals court reviews the case.
The state has since asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the appeals court's stay.
Christa Pike, 50, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. She was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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