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What to Know About Christa Pike and Tennessee's Botched Execution

Original: What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.

Tennessee's attempted execution of Christa Pike, the state's only female death row inmate, did not go as planned, prompting questions about her case. Pike was convicted in 1996 for the 1995 torture and murder of fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. The botched execution has renewed scrutiny of her decades-long appeals and the conduct of the state's death penalty procedures.

Why now: The botched execution put Pike's case back in the headlines, with readers searching for background on her crime and sentence.

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What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution. · The New York Times

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