Tennessee prepares to execute first woman in over 200 years
What each leads with
CBS News ↗ — Opens with Pike's childhood abuse, mental illness, and UN criticism of isolation as 'unlawful torture'CBS News — Opens with Pike's childhood abuse, mental illness, and UN criticism of isolation as 'unlawful torture'
Washington Examiner ↗ — Details the murder's brutality: 'slashed with a box cutter and meat cleaver, carved a satanic pentagram,' skull fragmentWashington Examiner — Details the murder's brutality: 'slashed with a box cutter and meat cleaver, carved a satanic pentagram,' skull fragment
What to know as Tennessee plans to execute first woman in 200 years
Christa Pike is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday in Tennessee. If it proceeds as planned, she would be the first woman executed in Tennessee since at least 1820.
Tennessee prepares to execute the first woman in over 200 years
Tennessee is planning to execute a female inmate accused of murder on Wednesday, marking the first time in over 200 years that a woman has received the death penalty in the state. Christa Pike, 50, is the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. She has been imprisoned for roughly 30 years in connection with the […]