All topicsPerson
Christa Pike
American murderer (born 1976)
Christa Gail Pike is an American convicted murderer on death row in Tennessee. In 1995, when she was 18, Pike and her boyfriend lured their 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area in Knoxville where they tortured and killed her.
Summary and photo from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
In the news
16 stories- Oct 13Christa Pike Aid DelayedCenter & RightTennessee returned death-row prisoner Christa Pike to prison after she survived a failed lethal-injection attempt and spent several days hospitalized.Center & Right10articles
- Oct 12Christa Pike Aid DelayedBalancedDispatch recordings released after a public-records request show emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed after Tennessee’s failed lethal-injection attempt.Balanced16articles
- Oct 10Christa Pike Discharged After Botched ExecutionBalancedChrista Pike left a Nashville hospital for the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where medical care will continue.Balanced32articles
- Oct 9Christa Pike Starts Eating AgainBalancedChrista Pike has started eating again after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her with two pentobarbital doses.Balanced16articles
- Oct 8Christa Pike Walking After Botched ExecutionBalancedA Tennessee judge reopened Christa Pike’s challenge to the state’s lethal-injection protocol, letting her seek relief after she survived an execution attempt.Balanced26articles
- Oct 8Texas Executes Jamaal HowardCenter & RightTexas executed Jamaal Howard by lethal injection Wednesday, the first U.S. execution since Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike.Center & Right13articles
- Oct 7Christa Pike Recovery Called UnprecedentedBalancedChrista Pike regained consciousness and began speaking Tuesday, nearly a week after Tennessee tried to execute her with two doses of pentobarbital.Balanced63articles
- Oct 7Texas To Execute Clerk KillerBalancedTexas planned to execute Jamaal Howard by lethal injection on Oct. 7, the first scheduled U.S. execution since Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike the previous week.Balanced12articles
- Oct 6Christa Pike Regains ConsciousnessBalancedChrista Pike is conscious and speaking in a Nashville hospital nearly a week after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her failed.Balanced33articles
- Oct 5Christa Pike Seeks CommutationBalancedChrista Pike’s attorneys urged Tennessee to commute her death sentence to life in prison after the state’s failed lethal-injection attempt left her critically ill on a ventilator.Balanced7articles
Storylines
- 115chapters