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- 1Texas appeals court rejects innocence ruling for woman on death row▼Texas appeals court rejects ruling of innocence for woman on death row for 18 years
A Texas appeals court has rejected a ruling that declared a woman innocent after she spent 18 years on death row. The decision keeps her conviction and death sentence in place despite earlier findings questioning her guilt, and the case is expected to continue through further appeals. The ruling has drawn attention to longstanding concerns about the reliability of evidence and the treatment of capital defendants in Texas courts.
- 2Christa Pike execution looms as she claims childhood damage▼Time running out for Tennessee killer Christa Pike who says she's too damaged for death row
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is running out of legal options as her execution approaches, with her lawyers arguing that severe childhood abuse and brain damage should bar the state from putting her to death. Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder, would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in decades if the sentence proceeds.