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First Woman Executed in Tennessee | Nashville News
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Christa Pike, set to become Tennessee’s first woman executed in over 200 years, won’t be in court—her entire legal proceedings will stream live from her prison cell. Convicted at 18 for murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, Pike faces death by lethal injection on September 30. Her defense is mounting a fierce challenge: arguing the all-male execution team in a men’s prison is uniquely traumatic given her abuse history, plus medical concerns like thrombocytosis and tiny veins make the method cruel. They’re also demanding a Buddhist advisor be present. A landmark move: Pike is the first death row inmate in Tennessee to secure a special master to review her case, signaling the court may finally be seriously addressing her physical and mental needs under state protocol.
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