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In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike was enrolled in Job Corps in Knoxville, Tennessee—a program meant to help young people build a future.

Instead, she ended up on death row.

What started as jealousy and teenage drama escalated into the brutal murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a crime so disturbing that Christa would become the youngest woman sentenced to death in Tennessee at the time.

But decades later, the case still raises questions that go far beyond what happened that night.

This week, we’re getting into Christa Pike’s troubled history, the murder of Colleen Slemmer, the investigation and trial that sent Christa to death row, and the controversy surrounding her execution—including the recent attempt that didn’t go according to plan.

Because you can believe someone deserves to be held accountable for what they did and still question what happens when the government decides to take a life.

So pull up a chair, roll whatever you need to roll, and buckle the fuck up, besties.

This is Job Corps to Death Row: The Christa Pike Case.