The United States Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute call to halt the execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s only woman inmate on death row. If carried out, she is going to be the State’s first woman inmate to be executed in 200 years.
The Supreme Court denied Pike’s request on Tuesday without any explanation, according to the reporting by The Hill. The decision came after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said earlier this week that he would not intervene, and the Tennessee Supreme Court also declined to issue a stay.
