Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
- On Monday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied clemency for Christa Pike, stating he will not intervene in her execution scheduled for Wednesday, September 30.
- Pike was convicted for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, whom she lured to a secluded area; her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, received life with parole eligibility.
- Defense attorneys, including Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell, argue Pike was an 18-year-old with untreated mental illness and childhood abuse, contending her death sentence is an outlier.
- Execution would mark Tennessee's first of a woman in more than 200 years, highlighting rarity, while legal teams have questioned the state's lethal injection protocol and medical staff competency.
- Slemmer's mother, May Martinez, insists the execution proceed so her daughter "finally can be resting," while Pike's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay.
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The US state of Tennessee is set to execute 50-year-old Christa Gail Pike by lethal injection at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution today, Wednesday, September 30, 2026. The procedure is scheduled for 5 p.m. Central European Time (10 a.m. local time in Tennessee). If carried out as scheduled, Pike will be the first woman to be executed by Tennessee since […] The post Last request denied, murderer awaits lethal injection first appeared on Nov…
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A Tennessee woman on death row for a satanic murder said she feels a “kinship” with Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children, during an interview with the United Kingdom newspaper The Times. Christa Pike, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday for a ritualistic murder she committed in 1995, shared her thoughts with the outlet about Clancy’s mistrial, which was due to a lone holdout on the jury, who insisted she knew exactl…
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New York, Sep 30 (EFE).- The state of Tennessee plans to execute Christa Pike, the first woman to be executed in this state since 1820, this Wednesday by lethal injection, a penalty that his lawyers are still trying to arrest before the U.S. Supreme Court after Republican Governor Bill Lee refused to grant him [...] The Tennessee entry is preparing to execute the first woman in the state since 1820 was first published in HolaNews.
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