Christa Pike's lawyers have raised concerns following the 'botched' attempt to execute death row inmate Tony Carruthers ...

Christa Pike's attorneys argue the execution process will cause her to relive the sexual abuse she suffered as a child.

Here's a look at some of the women on death row in the US as Netflix's Maternal Instinct brings the spotlight back to Taylor Parker.

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...

em>By Shelia Burke, Associated Press</em>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The inmate at the center of a death row escape plot is expected back in court Thursday to fight a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, filed a motion arguing her execution by lethal injection would be unconstitutional. This comes after she ...

In her ruling, Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz found Pike was not entitled to relief.Pike is on death row for the 1995 torture and murder of fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer./> ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christa Pike, poised to be the first woman Tennessee executes by lethal injection, is pleading with the Tennessee Supreme Court to ...