Christa Pike

Tennessee to Execute Krista Pike: First Woman Sentenced to Death in the State in 200 Years:

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In a landmark legal development, the US state of Tennessee is set to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in two centuries. Fifty-year-old Christa Pike is scheduled for execution following a decades-long legal battle stemming from a brutal 1995 homicide. The case has drawn renewed national scrutiny regarding juvenile sentencing, mental health … Read more

Satanic symbol carved into victim's body: The murder case behind Christa Pike's execution

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Nashville, Tennessee: At 18, Christa Pike became one of the youngest women in the United States to be sentenced to death. Nearly three decades later, the 50-year-old is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee, in what would be the state’s first execution of a woman in 200 years. Pike was convicted in the 1995 killing … Read more