Tennessee to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.

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Pike's attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to stay the execution.

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This is wrong.

The supreme court needs to intervene now.

#1 | Posted by South_American at 2026-09-29 05:36 PM | Reply

"Pike does not deny her guilt, but her attorneys and supporters argue a death sentence is not appropriate for a crime committed at that age by a teen with untreated mental illness after a childhood of brutal sexual abuse and neglect.

Slemmer's mother wants the lethal injection to go forward, saying she has waited decades to see Pike's sentence carried out.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday that he would not grant clemency. Pike's attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to stay the execution."

Tragic story... what purpose does her death serve now other than revenge?

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-29 06:05 PM | Reply

This is barbaric to say the least. This is wrong on so many levels. My heart hurts for her. It really does.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-09-29 06:11 PM | Reply

As barbaric as her crime was, Pike's life before the murder was a nonstop litany of physical and sexual abuse by multiple family members.

I listened to a documentary on her case and the list of abuse and rape she was subject to from when she was an infant to a teen went on for a very long time.

If anything her case is a condemnation of our system and the human condition.

A just and moral society would have spent decades helping her heal and not spent decades trying to kill her.

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-29 06:20 PM | Reply