{"id":2672629,"date":"2026-09-29T10:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-prepares-to-execute-the-first-woman-in-over-200-years\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:25:58","slug":"tennessee-prepares-to-execute-the-first-woman-in-over-200-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-prepares-to-execute-the-first-woman-in-over-200-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee prepares to execute the first woman in over 200 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-prepares-to-execute-the-first-woman-in-over-200-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2672629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tennessee is scheduled to execute Christa Pike, the onyl woman on the state&#8217;s death row, marking the first time in over 200 years a woman will receive the death penalty in Tennessee. Pike, 50, has been imprisoned for about 30 years for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer, whom she and her then-boyfriend tortured and murdered over romantic jealousy. The brutal crime involved slashing with a box cutter and meat cleaver, carving a satanic pentagram into her chest, smashing her head with a rock, and taking a skull fragment as a souvenir. prosecutors highlighted the severe brutality of the murder. Pike&#8217;s attorneys argue that her childhood was marred by abuse and neglect, leaving her with severe mental illness, and request the Supreme Court to grant a stay of execution. Governor Bill Lee rejected Pike\u2019s clemency request, confirming that the execution will proceed. The last woman executed in Tennessee was Eve Martin in 1820.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"600\">Tennessee<\/a> is planning to execute a female inmate accused of murder on Wednesday, marking the first time in over 200 years that a woman has received the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/death-penalty\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1427\">death penalty<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christa Pike, 50, is the only woman on Tennessee\u2019s death row. She has been imprisoned for roughly 30 years in connection with the 1995 murder of her classmate. 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Prosecutors presented evidence that Pike, who was 18 at the time, and 17-year-old Tadaryl Shipp tortured 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, slashed her with a box cutter and meat cleaver, carved a satanic pentagram symbol into her chest, smashed her head with a rock, and took a fragment of her skull as a souvenir.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pike committed the murder over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned execution is moving forward after Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) rejected Pike\u2019s clemency request.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike\u2019s request for clemency and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and do not plan to intervene,\u201d Lee said on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendant\u2019s attorneys said they were \u201cdeeply saddened and heartbroken\u201d by the governor\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout her childhood, Christa was failed by people and institutions that should have shown her care and meaningful intervention. Instead, her childhood was marked by repeated, documented rape and sexual abuse, neglect, and violence,\u201d they said. \u201cThe 18-year-old girl suffering from severe mental illness and near-debilitating trauma no longer exists. Christa is a 50-year-old remorseful woman who understands her actions, receives proper treatment for her mental illness, and provides for and guides fellow incarcerated women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4727583\/prosecutors-wont-seek-death-pentalty-nick-reiner-parents-killing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4727583\">PROSECUTORS DECIDE NOT TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR NICK REINER IN CASE OF HIS PARENTS\u2019 KILLING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pike\u2019s lawyers are pleading with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> to grant their emergency application for a stay of the execution, which is secheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last woman executed in Tennessee was Eve Martin, who was hanged in 1820 after she was charged with being an accessory to murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee to execute woman for murder, first in 200+ years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2672630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26271028154861.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39043,8123,4901,6651,5605],"class_list":["post-2672629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-capital-punishment","tag-execution","tag-justice","tag-tennessee","tag-women"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26271028154861.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2672633,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672629\/revisions\/2672633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2672630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}