The US Supreme Court declined to halt the execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike, scheduled for Wednesday morning. Pike, 50, has been awaiting execution since 1996 for the murder of a teenage classmate. Attorneys appealed to the court requesting a stay, hoping for a last-ditch effort to delay her execution. The high court denied the request, effectively bringing the case back to schedule. Pike was 18 when she murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old she met at a job training camp.
Source: BBC News
