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