A US appeals court ordered a "short stay of execution" for death row inmate Christa Pike, less than two hours before she was scheduled to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than two centuries. Last-minute stay allows judges to review whether evidence of Christa Gail Pike’s childhood abuse was fully considered before she was sentenced to death Key points and original sources are listed below.

• A US appeals court ordered a "short stay of execution" for death row inmate Christa Pike, less than two hours before she was scheduled to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than two centuries. The court halted the execution to give it time to...S1

• Last-minute stay allows judges to review whether evidence of Christa Gail Pike’s childhood abuse was fully considered before she was sentenced to deathS2

• Christa Pike was scheduled to die Wednesday morning, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit intervened.S3