US: Tennessee’s only woman on death row refuses last meal before execution

Nigerian Tribune | 30-09-2026 12:37pm |

Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, has declined to request a last meal before her scheduled execution on Wednesday. If carried out, it would be the first execution of a woman in the state in over 200 years. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. She later received additional convictions.

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