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Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted an hour before it was due to happen
By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read
Her attorneys have argued that "an 18-year-old brain is not an adult brain" and that Pike was too young at the time of the murder to be sentenced to death for it.
At the time of her incarceration, Pike was the youngest person on death row, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
Her lawyers said that for years, the state of Tennessee argued in court that Pike had lied about being sexually abused as a child.
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