Christa Pike, 49, is scheduled for execution on September 30, 2026, for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer committed when Pike was 18. If carried out, Pike will become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 150 years; advocates cite her severe untreated mental illness at the time of the crime.
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www.mercyforchrista.org Christa Pike is the only woman on Tennessee's death row for a crime she committed when she was an 18-year-old girl with untreated severe mental illness. If her execution proceeds, she will be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
Tennessee has scheduled #ChristaPike for execution on 9/30/26 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. If carried out, Christa would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern U.S. history. #Petition: bit.ly/ChristaPike Tennessee has scheduled Christa Pike for execution on September 30, 2026. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of C