Tennessee schedules execution of Christa Pike, the state's first woman execution in 200 years
Christa Pike, now 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on October 1, 2026, for the 1995 murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied clemency on September 28, 2026, and Pike's attorneys have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay. The execution would be Tennessee's first of a woman in 200 years.
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“Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years - AP News”
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Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, October 1, 2026, which would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
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