Christa Pike is the only woman on Tennessee's execution board if this goes through on Sep, 30th 2026 she will be the first woman killed in Tennessee for the first time in over 200 years and only person who will be executed for a crime committed at 18,19, or 20. When Christa was 18 her and two other friends murdered Colleen Slemmer who Christa had met in the Knoxville job corp and felt that she was trying to take Christa boyfriend at the time. Christa was the only one charged capitally, her boyfriend who was 17 at the time of this was charged with life in prison but could be eligible for parole in Nov. of 2025, Shadolla Peterson the third person involved in this case who was 19 at the time of this testified against Pike and her boyfriend and received probation
People think this isn't fair since she committed the crime when she was 18 and grew up with a lot of childhood trauma from being exposed to alcohol in utero, to constant abuse and rape as she was growing up. She was born into to poverty and grew up crawling through dog poop all over the house as court records show. She has been dependent on alcohol and weed since 12 and has attempted suicide multiple times as a child.
