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Christa Pike was set to be Tennessee’s first woman executed in 200 years. She survived.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (299+ words) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has halted executions for the year after the state botched its planned execution of Christa Pike, the lone woman on Tennessee's death row, late Wednesday night. She would have been the first woman executed in the…...
Christa Pike taken to hospital after Tennessee fails to carry out execution
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1728+ words) Hours after beginning the process of trying to execute Christa Pike, state officials told the Tennessee Supreme Court that she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance to get medical care, according to a ruling obtained by USA…...
Suspenden en Tennessee ejecución de mujer que cometió asesinato cuando tenía 18 años
1+ week, 2+ day ago (644+ words) Por KIM CHANDLER y KRISTIN M. HALL Christa Gail Pike, que ahora tiene 50 años, y su novio fueron declarados culpables de matar a Colleen Slemmer, de 19 años, su compañera de clase en un centro de capacitación laboral en Knoxville, en 1995. Habría…...
Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee for a murder she committed at age 18
1+ week, 2+ day ago (253+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/AP) — A federal appeals court halted the execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike about an hour before it was set to begin Wednesday. The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and…...
Tennessee’s only woman on death row refuses last meal hours before execution
1+ week, 3+ day ago (355+ words) Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Israel time for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer; Tennessee’s governor rejected clemency and the US Supreme Court denied a stay as her lawyers cited her youth, mental illness and childhood…...
Tennessee set to execute first woman in more than 200 years for 1995 murder of classmate
1+ week, 4+ day ago (608+ words) The state of Tennessee plans to execute Christa Pike, 50, Wednesday morning for the killing of a classmate in 1995. She was convicted of killing a 19-year-old woman she considered a romantic rival for her boyfriend and kept a piece of the…...
Tennessee to execute woman for first time in more than 200 years after governor denies clemency
1+ week, 3+ day ago (681+ words) Tuesday September 29, 2026 Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike tomorrow (30 September) after Governor Bill Lee denied her request for clemency on Monday, a move that would make her the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. Pike,…...
Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years
1+ week, 3+ day ago (679+ words) Sep 29, 2026 at 09:48 AM EDT Sep 29, 2026 at 09:49 AM EDT Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, which would make her the first woman to be executed in the state of Tennessee in more than 200 years. Pike…...
Tennessee to execute its first woman in 200 years this week
1+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced on Monday that he does not plan to intervene in the execution of Christa Gail Pike, which is slated for later this week. “After deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike’s…...
Tennessee lawmakers demand answers on safety in state youth prisons
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (372+ words) Four Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Children’s Services demanding answers about safety and oversight in the state’s juvenile justice facilities. “The allegations that serious physical and sexual abuse, dangerous restraints, injuries, and other critical…...