Murder, Madness, and Death Row: The Christa Pike Story
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In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike lured fellow Knoxville Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer to the University of Tennessee's Agricultural campus and murdered her. The crime was so brutal that Pike became the only woman on Tennessee's death row, where she would spend the next three decades.
Then, on September 30, 2026, the State of Tennessee finally tried to carry out her sentence. It was supposed to be the first execution of a woman in the state in more than 200 years. Instead, witnesses reported that both rounds of lethal injection chemicals were administered, and Pike was…
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