@news.com.au: It was to be the first execution of a female death row inmate in Tennessee for 200 years. Christa Pike had already refused her last meal when the decision came through. “The interests of justice and the finality of Pike’s impending execution compel the entry of a short stay of execution in order to properly analyse the parties’ fully briefed arguments and resolve the issues on the merits,” the court said. #christapike #tennessee #america #inmate