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Christa Pike execution

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Reuters reports that Pike was 18 when Colleen Slemmer was killed in January 1995. Pike and Tadaryl Shipp were convicted of first-degree murder. The governor denied clemency on September 28, 2026. After the September 30 execution attempt failed, Pike was taken for medical treatment and the governor called for an independent review. Her lawyers cited childhood abuse and mental-health diagnoses in their clemency request.

CBS News · Published 3 Oct 2026Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed execution of Christa Pike ↗Reuters · Published 30 Sept 2026Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection in Tennessee ↗
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