Christa Pike won't be the first woman executed in Tennessee history

On Sept. 30, 2026, Christa Pike is scheduled to become the fourth woman executed in Tennessee history. The other three were enslaved women.
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Tennessee plans rare execution of a woman. She's fighting back.

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...
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Death row inmate set to become first woman executed by US state in over 200 years, has pushed back on one protocol

The only woman on Tennessee’s death row is challenging the state’s execution protocol.
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Woman Who’s Been Awaiting Execution For 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned

After 27 harrowing years on death row, a Texas woman’s fate takes a dramatic turn as a federal appeals court overturns her murder conviction. Brittany Marlowe Holberg, who claimed self-defense in the ...
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The dark reason Taylor Parker might never face her death row execution date

The last time a woman was executed in Texas was in 2014. Taylor Parker therefore might not even make it to her execution, and ...