US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
Summary
The US Supreme Court has refused to stop the execution of Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate convicted of murder in 1996. Pike is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection and would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.Key Facts
- Christa Pike, age 50, was convicted of murdering a 19-year-old classmate in 1995.
- Pike and her boyfriend beat, tortured, and killed Colleen Slemmer, whom they met at a job training camp.
- Pike has denied carving a pentagram (a Satanic symbol) on Slemmer’s chest, but other camp residents said Pike bragged about the murder.
- Her lawyers argued that Pike was too young (18 years old) at the time to be sentenced to death.
- Governor Bill Lee rejected a request for clemency and did not stop the execution.
- Only 18 women have been executed in the US since the 1970s, compared to over 1,600 men.
- Pike will be executed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
- The Supreme Court decision comes just before the scheduled execution date.
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