Christa Pike's Sentence: Was It Fair?

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As the only woman sentenced to death in Tennessee, Christa Pike has spent years living in something akin to solitary confinement at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center northwest of downtown Nashville. Christa Pike will remain on death row after a Knox County judge this week denied her motion to reopen her appeal and reduce her sentence . Pike , 47, is the only woman on death row in. In this capital case, Christa Gail Pike was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same. The jury identified two aggravating circumstances: the murder was especially heinous and was committed to prevent prosecution. Christa Pike appears in court at an appeal hearing in 2007. (TCD) – A judge upheld the sentence of the only woman on Tennessee’s death row almost 30 years after she killed a 19-year-old because she “just felt mean that day.”. A Tennessee judge has upheld the death sentence for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, almost 30 years after her heinous act of killing a 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in a disturbing and brutal manner. Christa Pike was sentenced to death for a crime committed when she was 18 years old; she is currently the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. Pike had been a few months younger at the time of her offense, she would be constitutionally protected from receiving the death penalty pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roper v. — Attorneys are asking the court to reconsider a woman’s death sentence , in lieu of a new Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that juveniles are “constitutionally different than. Knox County Criminal Court Judge Scott Green has denied Christa Pike’s motion to reopen her case and reduce her sentence, meaning she will remain on death row, according to the Tennessean. A Knox County judge has rejected a bid to vacate the death sentence of Christa Pike , the only woman on death row in Tennessee and the youngest American woman to be sentenced to death since.