Tennessee schedules executions for four inmates, including first woman in over 200 years
Originally Published 3 months ago — by USA Today
Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, is scheduled for execution in 2026 for her brutal 1995 murder of a teenage girl, marking the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years. Pike was convicted of first-degree murder after a violent attack motivated by a romantic rivalry, and her case highlights the rarity of female executions in the U.S., with only 18 women executed since 1976.