Christa Pike, sentenced to the death penalty in Tennessee, United States, and who will be executed on Wednesday, September 30, revealed to be “in peace.” Pike is the only woman on death row in Tennessee and is also the first woman to be executed in 200 years.
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Christa Pike, sentenced to the death penalty in Tennessee, in the United States, and who will be executed on Wednesday, September 30, revealed to be “in peace”, noting that he is not afraid of death.
Pike, stand out, is the first woman sentenced to the death penalty in Tennessee in 200 years.
In a letter to NBC on Monday, Christa Pike, 50, said: “In case my pardon is granted or not, I am at peace.”.
Pike's defense team, remember, had asked the governor of Tennessee to grant him mercy. The request that was refused. By the time he wrote the letter, Christia still didn't know the decision.
“I’m not afraid to die. I'm just nervous about the process ", he added.
Remember that a few days ago, Christa asked that the execution team be composed exclusively of women, claiming to have suffered sexual abuse in the past and that it may be traumatized by the presence of men in their last moments of life, according to Dailymail.
The case of Christa Pike
Christa Pike was 18 when she lured her 19-year-old colleague, Slemmer, to an isolated location on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. The woman, now 50, tortured her to death with the help of her boyfriend.
The case dates back to January 12, 1995.
According to News.au, who had access to the judicial documents of the trial, Christa Pike told a college colleague on January 11, who intended to kill Slemmer because “he felt bad that day”.
The next night, at 8:00 p.m., Pike lured Slemmer to an isolated location under the pretext of going to a video club. Accompanied by Pike's boyfriend and another colleague, Christa and Shipp brutally attacked Slemmer, beating her, slit her throat and engraved satanic symbols on the victim's body. At 10:15, the group returned without Slemmer.
Still according to the court documents, Pike said he heard voices that ordered him to continue to torture Slemmer while screaming for her to shut up.
The morning after the murder, Christa Pike will have celebrated the death of her colleague.
The 50-year-old woman was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy, and was sentenced on March 30, 1996. Pike became one of the youngest women to be sentenced to the death penalty in the United States.