Christa Pike is about to be executed. What did she do? | BBC News
Christa Pike was 20 when she became the youngest woman on death row in the US.
Now, 30 years later she’s facing her execution date this week. She would be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in nearly 200 years.
Pike was one of two people convicted of brutally beating, torturing and murdering Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old woman she met at a training programme for troubled teens.
In this video...
00:37 What was Christa Pike convicted of?
02:14 Moment Pike was sent down in 1996
02:47 Why does Pike's team want to stop the execution
04:13 Friend of Pike speaks to the BBC
05:13 Governor's Statement
05:46 What about the victim's family?
06:14 Why has it taken 30 years?
06:51 How rar…
Now, 30 years later she’s facing her execution date this week. She would be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in nearly 200 years.
Pike was one of two people convicted of brutally beating, torturing and murdering Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old woman she met at a training programme for troubled teens.
In this video...
00:37 What was Christa Pike convicted of?
02:14 Moment Pike was sent down in 1996
02:47 Why does Pike's team want to stop the execution
04:13 Friend of Pike speaks to the BBC
05:13 Governor's Statement
05:46 What about the victim's family?
06:14 Why has it taken 30 years?
06:51 How rar…
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