Murderer gives chilling reason she shouldn't receive death penalty as state prepares to execute first woman in 200 years

Tennessee’s Execution of Christa Pike Would Make Her the First Woman to be Executed in the State in Over 200 Years | Death Penalty Information Center

In an order dat­ed September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court set an exe­cu­tion date for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. If her exe­cu­tion pro­ceeds as sched­uled on September 30, 2026, Ms. Pike will be the first woman exe­cut­ed in the state in more than 200 years and the only per­son exe­cut­ed in Tennessee for a crime com­mit­ted at age 18, 19 or 20 in the mod­ern death penalty era. > “Life impris­on­ment is a pr…

Murderer gives chilling reason she shouldn't receive death penalty as state prepares to execute first woman in 200 years

Convicted killer Christa Gail Pike is set to make U.S. history as the first woman to be executed in 200 years.The 49-year-old, who brutally murdered a fellow student in 1995, has been scheduled for execution in Tennessee.The horrific case that landed Pike on death row at just 20 years old is resurfacing as legal teams fight to spare her life, and the victim’s family pushes for justice to finally be served.The Crime That Shocked the NationPike wa…