Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death row
If it proceeds, Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Her lawyers believe that if she was found guilty of the same crime today as a teenager she would not receive a death sentence."The 18-year-old girl suffering from severe mental illness and near-debilitating trauma no longer exists," her attorneys said.
- ▪If it proceeds, Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
- ▪Her lawyers believe that if she was found guilty of the same crime today as a teenager she would not receive a death sentence."The 18-year-old girl suffering from severe mental illness and near-debilitating trauma no longer exists," her att
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Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death rowImage source, Tennessee Department of CorrectionsImage caption, If the execution proceeds, Christa Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 yearsBySareen HabeshianPublished28 September 2026Updated 1 minute agoTennessee Governor Bill Lee has denied a clemency request from death row inmate Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend beat, tortured and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old they met at a job training camp for troubled teens.She may have one last chance at halting her execution as her attorneys have filed a petition with the US Supreme Court hoping for a last-minute reprieve.
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