Christa Pike's lawyers have raised concerns following the 'botched' attempt to execute death row inmate Tony Carruthers earlier this year in Tennessee.

In 1995, Christa Pike, then 18 years old, was convicted of murdering fellow student Colleen Slemmer in Tennessee. Prosecutors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christa Pike, poised to be the first woman Tennessee executes by lethal injection, is pleading with the Tennessee Supreme Court to ...

Here's a look at some of the women on death row in the US as Netflix's Maternal Instinct brings the spotlight back to Taylor Parker.

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than their male counterparts.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The State of Tennessee has set the execution date for Christa Pike, who was convicted of brutally stabbing and killing a fellow Knoxville Job Corps worker in 1995. According ...

Christa Pike's murder of Colleen Slemmer back in the 1990s shocked citizens of Tennessee, where Pike has remained on death row ever since she was convicted of the Slemmer's killing. Pike won't be on ...

em>By Shelia Burke, Associated Press</em>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The inmate at the center of a death row escape plot is expected back in court Thursday to fight a ...

Christa Pike, poised to be the first woman Tennessee executes by lethal injection, is pleading with the Tennessee Supreme Court to spare her. Her attorneys' arguments lean on Pike's childhood sexual ...