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

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Slemmer was found with a pentagram carved into her chest, and ...

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.

Tennessee’s sole female death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. Her execution is scheduled for September 30, 2026 — more than 30 ...

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 ...

In the last 50 years, the U.S. has put more than 1,600 people to death, but only about 1 percent of those executed have been women. That’s not because of lingering cultural stereotypes, but because, ...

At just 18 years old, Christa Gail Pike became the youngest woman sentenced to death in the U.S. after being convicted for the 1995 torture-murder of her classmate. She remains the only woman on death ...