Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

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

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 ...

Christa Gail Pike, who has been on Tennessee’s death row for decades, is now actively fighting to stop her execution as it is scheduled for September 30, 2026. Christa Gail Pike was only 18 when she ...

A Tennessee attorney representing the state’s only female death row inmate has raised fresh concerns following last week’s failed execution attempt.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The attorney representing the only woman on death row in Tennessee has joined the chorus of voices expressing concern over last week’s failed execution. Christa Gail Pike is ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

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 ...