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The office of Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee’s attorney general, quickly appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court after Wednesday’s ruling, calling it a “technical issue” and vowing to “advocate for the lawfully-imposed sentence.”
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Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee's attorney general, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the September 30, 2026, ruling, calling it a "technical issue" and vowing to "advocate for the lawfully-imposed sentence."
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{ "date": "2026-09-30", "action": "appealed to Supreme Court", "person": "Jonathan Skrmetti", "organization": "Tennessee Attorney General's office" } - Subject Tags
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- September 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM (1 week ago)
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- September 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM (1 week ago)
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/30/us/christa-pike-stay-execution-tennessee.html
A federal court has ordered a pause on the execution of Christa Pike, convicted of murder in 1995, just hours before she was set to die. Her lawyers argued her initial defense failed to consider her history of abuse, leading to a last-minute reprieve.
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