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Death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted in 1996 for the brutal murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer—motivated by jealousy and involving horrific mutilation—is now facing a new legal battle: challenging the method of her execution. While not disputing her conviction or death sentence, her defense argues lethal injection could cause cruel and unusual punishment due to her PTSD and blood-clotting disorder. They’ve secured a Buddhist spiritual advisor for her during the process. As hearings intensify, experts testify about her health, while Judge Mark Ward probes whether current execution methods are truly humane. Meanwhile, Slemmer’s mother supports the death penalty, and Pike herself questions if she alone should die for a crime that involved others—while Shadolla Peterson, another co-involved party, received probation after cooperating.

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