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In Tennessee, there is currently one woman on death row. In 1996, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the beating and then murdering of a fellow Jobs Corps worker from Knoxville, Tennessee. Pike was 19 years old when she committed her crime and at the time of her incarceration, she was the youngest person on death row at age 21.
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May 21, 2024 · Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, was recently featured on an episode of Investigation Discovery's TV series "Mean Girl Murders." Pike, 48, was convicted of murder for the...
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is an American convicted murderer, and the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post- Furman period. [1] She was 20 when convicted of the torture murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, which she committed at age 18.
Nov 1, 2023 · Pike, 47, is the only woman on death row in Tennessee and the last person sentenced to death in Tennessee that was 18 at the time of their crime.
Jun 13, 2021 · The state wants to set an execution date for Pike, now 45 and the only woman on Tennessee's death row. She was 18 years old when she and two other participants in a Knoxville job program...
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