Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
Her lawyers cite childhood abuse, bipolar disorder and PTSD, while the state says the 1995 killing merits execution after decades of appeals.
- On Monday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied clemency for death row inmate Christa Pike, stating he will not intervene in her scheduled execution on 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, 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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Christa Pike, 50, is to be executed on Wednesday in Tennessee, after Governor Bill Lee's refusal to pardon her. Sentenced for the murder of a classmate in 1995, she would become the first woman to be killed in this state for two centuries.
Pike, now 50, could be the first woman to be executed in the state of Tennessee in 200 years.
The execution of Christa Pike (50) is scheduled for tomorrow in the American state of Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for murder in 1995 when she was 18 years old. Her lawyers are trying to stop the execution, but the governor refuses to grant clemency. Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
Tennessee to Execute a Woman for First Time in 200 Years
“A Tennessee woman scheduled to be executed Wednesday for a brutal killing she helped carry out as an 18-year-old would become the first woman put to death by the state in more than 200 years,” the Washington Post reports.
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