Christa Pike's death row case in Tennessee sparks debate on childhood trauma, accountability and mercy in justice.
Christa Gail Pike, who has been on Tennessee’s death row for decades, is now actively fighting to stop her execution as it is ...
She filed a lawsuit against the state claiming that the legal injection execution method contradicts her religious beliefs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age ...
Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...
Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, launched a lawsuit against the state in a bid to stop her scheduled execution via lethal injection.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman on Tennessee's death row is fighting for her life in court, claiming the state's execution method could cause her to drown in her own blood. Christa Pike is suing the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The only woman currently sentenced to death in Tennessee has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s revised lethal injection execution protocol. Christa Gail Pike filed suit in ...
Christa Gail Pike, 36, is on death row for the 1995 torture, murder and mutilation of Colleen Slemmer at a Knoxville Job Corps Center. But she was in Davidson County Criminal Court on Thursday ...