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Dozens of women await their fate on death row as Tennessee schedules first female execution in 200 years

Christa Pike, who was convicted in 1995 for the torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer, has been given an execution date. She is the first female inmate to be executed in Tennessee in 200 years. Read More

Inmate’s chilling plea as US prepares first female execution in 200 years

Christa Gail Pike, sentenced to death for brutally murdering her classmate over a boyfriend, is set to be executed on September 30, 2026. But now she’s making a chilling plea to stay alive, as the U.S ... Read More

Woman who slit teen's throat first to be executed by US state in over 200 years

Christa Gail Pike was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 for the brutal killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and now Tennessee's Supreme Court has finally set an execution date ... Read More

Tennessee set to execute first woman in more than two centuries

Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than two centuries, after the state’s Supreme Court set the execution date for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s ... Read More

Tennessee Schedules Date for Christa Pike's Execution

The state of Tennessee has officially set a date for Christa Pike's execution -- and if it goes through, she'll become the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. The state's Supreme ... Read More

U.S. to carry out first federal execution of a woman in seven decades

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in almost 70 years, setting a Dec. 8 date to put to death Lisa Montgomery, convicted of a 2004 murder ... Read More

U.S. judge reluctant to give woman on death row more time to seek clemency

A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 before they ... Read More

Florida carries out record 14th execution this year on man convicted of killing 2 women

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of the 1996 killings of two women whose bodies were left in a rural pond was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution in Florida this year. Read More

Four men are set for execution this week. It's the busiest death penalty month since 2011.

Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway. Read More

Lawyers for only woman on federal death row have COVID-19, ask U.S. judge to delay execution

The two lead lawyers for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to delay Montgomery's execution next month because they have contracted COVID-19 after ... Read More