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Tennessee prepares to execute a woman for a crime she committed at age 18

Tennessee is preparing to execute Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder she committed at age 18. The now 50-year-old is scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday. If carried out, it would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years. Pike and her boyfriend were convicted of killing their classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike was sentenced to…

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution· Sep 30, 10:41 AMTennessee prepares to execute a woman for a crime she committed at age 18Also ran in Baltimore Sun, PBS News, Reading Eagle, Santa Ana Orange County Register, The Boston Herald

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Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike for a Tennessee murder she committed at age 18Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual abuse and rape were fully considered at her sentencing.

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