Tennessee schedules execution for Christa Gail Pike
The Tennessee Supreme Court this week set Sept. 30, 2026 as the execution date for Christa Gail Pike, who was convicted in the 1995 torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer. The order requires the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution warden to notify Pike of the execution method the Tennessee Department of Correction will use by Aug. 28; Pike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in the state's documented history if the sentence proceeds.
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🔍 Key Facts
- Tennessee Supreme Court set the execution date: September 30, 2026.
- Warden must notify Pike of the execution method by August 28, 2026, per the court order.
- Christa Gail Pike (now 49) was convicted for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer; she has been the only woman on Tennessee's death row for most of the past three decades.