Tennessee to execute Christa Pike, first woman executed there in over two centuries, despite last-minute clemency bid and global debate.

A federal appeals court halted Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee just before it was due to begin. The pause has revived scrutiny of how her abuse history and youth were weighed at sentencing.

Tennessee to execute Christa Pike, first woman executed there in over two centuries, despite last-minute clemency bid and global debate.

Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than 200 years after Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Christa Pike.Pike, 50, is scheduled to die by...

After spending 31 years on death row, Christa Pike says she is at peace with her fate but admits she is 'nervous' about the process just days before her execution via lethal injection.

Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on September 30, 2026, nearly three decades after she was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.