A US court has halted the execution of a woman in Tennessee shortly before she was due to die from lethal injection, three decades after she murdered a classmate.

A federal appeals court halted the execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday, about an hour before she was scheduled to be put to death in Tennessee.The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the...

Christa Pike was convicted in connection with the 1995 death of Colleen Slemmer in Tennessee. Here is a look at Pike, her case and the events that unfolded.

A US appeals court halted Tennessee's first female execution in over 200 years to review claims of childhood abuse in Christa Pike's sentencing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether

Pike, now 50, and her boyfriend were convicted of the 1995 stabbing and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, their classmate at a job training facility.

Christa Pike's boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp had helped her in the cold-blooded killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Here's what we know about where he is now ahead of Christa's execution.

Christa Pike, Tennessee's only woman scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, said she can relate to Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy, who allegedly killed her three kids and faced a mistrial.