Tennessee court sets execution date for the state’s only woman on death row and 3 male inmates

Tennessee set to execute only woman on state's death row. Here's what to know.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds next September.

Tennessee woman gets execution date for murdering classmate, carving pentagram into her chest in jealous rage

The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row.

Who is Christa Pike? Tennessee to execute woman for brutal crime for first time in 200 years

In a depraved attempt to pre-empt a romantic coup, Pike, along with a friend and her boyfriend, lured her classmate into the Knoxville woods on January 12, 1995 and proceeded to torture and murder her in a crime that made national headlines.

Tenn. Sets Execution Date for Its Only Death-Row Female

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 a death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer, who was a fellow Knoxville Job Corps student. The Tennessean reports...

Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in over 200 years. What did she do?

If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern U.S. history.

Tennessee court sets execution date for state’s only woman on death row

Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer