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Tennessee court saves Christa Gail Pike an hour before execution: Who is she and why she is being called a 'Satanic killer'?- Christa Pike execution halted at last minute: Why her 1995 murder case is raising questions about death sentences for 18-year-olds
- Where is Tadaryl Shipp, the then boyfriend of Christa Pike with whom she brutally killed her schoolmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995
- Christa Pike execution: How much does it cost taxpayers to carry out a death penalty in Tennessee?Christa Pike stands as Tennessee's only female death row inmate, set for execution over a crime dating back to 1995. Experts highlight that...30 Sep, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
- Christa Pike: US Supreme Court rejects last-minute bid to halt execution without any explanationChrista Pike, the only female inmate on death row in Tennessee, is set to be executed on September 30. The US Supreme Court has dismissed h...30 Sep, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
- Christa Pike, first woman to face execution in Tennessee in 200 years, was sexually abused as toddler and raped twice; fresh details emergeAfter over three decades on death row, Christa Pike is set to be executed for the murder of her classmate. Convicted at the age of 18, her ...29 Sep, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
- Dr Mark Fowler, the physician set to oversee Christa Pike's execution, botched up a lethal injection in MayOn Wednesday, Dr. Mark Fowler will be responsible for overseeing the planned execution of Christa Pike, a 50-year-old woman sentenced to de...29 Sep, 2026, 10.59 AM IST
- Christa Pike, the lone Tennessee woman on death row, breaks silence ahead of rare execution; here’s what she saidChrista Pike is set to be executed in Tennessee, becoming the first woman to face execution in over 200 years. After being on death row for...29 Sep, 2026, 09.27 AM IST
- Christa Pike killed a 19-year-old girl in 1995 when she herself was 18 years old, now 31 years later she is set to become the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in 200 years; here are details of the gruesome crimeChrista Pike, convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, is set to be executed in a few days. Pike's lawyers have filed a ...28 Sep, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
- State can't take life arbitrarily or without dignity: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled that state execution powers are not arbitrary. The method of execution must uphold human dignity and minimize suffe...18 Aug, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
- SC upholds hanging as mode of death penalty; dismisses PIL for alternative way to execute death row prisonersThe Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking an alternative method of execution for death row convicts, rejecting the challenge to hangin...18 Aug, 2026, 01.53 PM IST
- Dennis Sochor: 5 things to know about Florida man executed 44 years after killing woman he met at New Year's Eve partyDennis Sochor, aged 74, was executed by lethal injection in Florida. He was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Patricia Gifford in 1982....15 Jul, 2026, 10.56 AM IST
- Pentobarbital injection used to execute Stephen Stanko, who killed two and raped his girl friend’s daughter, in South CarolinaStephen Christopher Stanko faced execution in South Carolina. He was convicted for murders and other crimes. The execution happened via let...14 Jun, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
- Beloved Texas grandmother’s killer to be executed with lethal injectionIn 2012, Matthew Lee Johnson committed a heinous crime by setting 76-year-old Nancy Harris on fire during a robbery at a Garland convenienc...19 May, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
- Lethal injection, electrocution, now firing squads. Look at US execution methodsSouth Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews the various exec...03 Mar, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
- Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugsPresident Donald Trump signed an execution order to ensure states have sufficient lethal injection drugs, countering opposition from politi...21 Jan, 2025, 04.02 PM IST
- Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been usedOfficials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a ...26 Jan, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
- Death penalty in US: Alabama Governor announces America's first nitrogen hypoxia execution. Details of method hereAmid the death penalty debate, Alabama Governor has announced the US' first nitrogen hypoxia execution. We have details regarding the execu...10 Nov, 2023, 02.27 AM IST
- Supreme Court to consider setting up panel to examine if execution of death row convicts by hanging proportionate"We cannot tell the legislature that you adopt this method. But you (PIL petitioner) can certainly argue that something may be more humane....21 Mar, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
- Sun Pharma against use of its drug for lethal injection in USAccording to a media report, the Arkansas purchased three drugs, including one of Sun Pharma, which were enough to perform eight executions.23 Sep, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
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