On Sept. 30, 2026, Christa Pike is scheduled to become the fourth woman executed in Tennessee history. The other three were enslaved women.

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...

Christa Pike's attorneys argue the execution process will cause her to relive the sexual abuse she suffered as a child.

Christa Pike, who is on the calendar for a Sept. 30, 2026, execution in Tennessee, has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's death penalty procedure. Pike beat teenager Colleen Slemmer to death in ...

Christa Pike's murder of Colleen Slemmer back in the 1990s shocked citizens of Tennessee, where Pike has remained on death row ever since she was convicted of the Slemmer's killing. Pike won't be on ...

<Tennessee's only woman on death row is asking a federal judge in Knoxville to prevent her execution.Christa Gail Pike's lawyer filed a petition claiming his client's constitutional rights were ...

In a lawsuit, convicted killer Christa Pike is arguing Tennessee's lethal injection procedure would be cruel and unusual punishment.

em>By Shelia Burke, Associated Press</em>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The inmate at the center of a death row escape plot is expected back in court Thursday to fight a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christa Pike, poised to be the first woman Tennessee executes by lethal injection, is pleading with the Tennessee Supreme Court to ...