The Tennessee Supreme Court has approved the execution of Christa Gail Pike, which could mark the state’s first execution of a woman in over 200 years.
Pike was 18 when she was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer near the University of Tennessee in 1995. Authorities said the crime involved multiple individuals and was linked to a personal dispute.
She was later arrested and sentenced to death, and remains the only woman currently on Tennessee’s death row.
