Christa Pike, Confused After Failed Tennessee Execution, Is at Center of Legal StormHer awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.The New York Times2d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmenttennessee execution controversy
Tennessee prepares to execute a woman for a crime she committed at age 18Tennessee 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…The Atlanta Journal-Constitution9d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentBill Leetennessee execution controversy
