US: Tennessee set to execute woman for first time in 200 years

Nigerian Tribune | 29-09-2026 10:37pm |

Christa Pike, who was 18 when she killed her 19-year-old classmate in Tennessee, United States in 1995, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. This would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years. Pike, now 50, was convicted alongside her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, in the killing of Colleen Slemmer. The execution is set to proceed after years of legal proceedings.

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