Christa Gail Pike looks at her mother after the jury read the guilty verdict in Knox County Criminal Court on March 29 , 1996 . She was convicted of the murder of Colleen. Christa Pike , the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, settles lawsuit against state for solitary confinement. Gains more privileges and freedom. Christa Pike’s trial began in March 1996 . Due to her confession and the substantial evidence gathered by the police, the prosecution concluded swiftly. She was found. Twenty-five years after she mutilated, murdered and then celebrated the killing of a 19-year-old acquaintance, the phrase still comes to mind when investigators think. Christa Gail Pike , 24, the youngest woman on America’s death row, will ever leave prison alive. In 1996, the then 19-year-old Pike was sentenced to die by electrocution. On March 30 , 1996 , Christa Pike was sentenced to be executed making her the youngest woman on death row in the USA at that time. The trial judge found her guilty of. Christa Gail Pike , 36, is on death row for the 1995 torture, murder and mutilation of Colleen Slemmer at a Knoxville Job Corps Center. But she was in Davidson County. The trial of Christa Pike was a courtroom spectacle rife with controversy and ethical dilemmas. Prosecutors painted a picture of Pike as a cold and calculated individual,.
Christa Pike: A Look Back at the Trial
Christa Gail Pike looks at her mother after the jury read the guilty verdict in Knox County Criminal Court on March 29 , 1996 . She was convicted of the murder ...
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