> In an order dated September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court set an execution date for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. If her execution proceeds as scheduled on September 30, 2026, Ms. Pike will be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years and the only person executed in Tennessee for a crime committed at age 18, 19 or 20 in the modern death penalty era
parky85s on
Wild how she went from love letters to lethal injection. Real life horror movie.
gringledoom on
>On January 12, 1995, Pike, Shipp, Peterson, and Slemmer signed out of the dormitory and proceeded to the woods, where Slemmer was told they wanted to make peace by offering her some marijuana. Upon arrival at the secluded location, Slemmer was attacked by Pike and Shipp while Peterson acted as lookout. According to later court testimony, for the next thirty minutes, Slemmer was taunted, beaten, and slashed; and a pentagram was carved in her chest. Finally, Pike smashed Slemmer’s skull with a large chunk of asphalt, killing her. Pike kept a piece of Slemmer’s skull.
>Pike began to show off the piece of skull around the school, and the three were arrested within 36 hours. The log book showed that Pike, Shipp, Peterson, and Slemmer left together, and only three returned. Detectives found the piece of skull in Pike’s jacket pocket. Soon after her arrest, Pike confessed to police of the torture and killing of Slemmer, but insisted they were merely trying to scare her and it got out of control.
Yikes!
ETA: and it keeps going:
>On August 24, 2001, Pike (with alleged assistance from inmate Natasha Cornett) attacked and attempted to strangle fellow inmate Patricia Jones with a shoestring, and nearly succeeded in choking her to death. Jones had been serving a life sentence for the 1994 murder of 84-year-old Alberta Coker in Knoxville at the time of her attack.
Folks, I don’t think this lady is very nice at all!
Maximum_Expert92 on
Colleen Slemmer will finally get justice
Mammoth_Wrangler_659 on
Good totally deserved, bye bye 🖐️
Royal_Novel6678 on
justice will be served after 30 years.
MindlessMage777 on
Looked her up. She confessed to torturing and murdering a girl she thought might be interested in her boyfriend, smashed her skull, and kept a piece as a souvenir that she then showed off.
Alarmed_News_7556 on
Justice comes sooner or later
Soft-Escape8734 on
I’m shocked they waited so long. Three decades at taxpayer expense and lawyers getting rich. If sentence was to be death, especially after confession, courtroom -> gallows, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
albertnormandy on
Should have happened 30 years ago
Adddicus on
Oh no!
So, whattya think, do the Yankees have a chance to come back from down two games to the Blue Jays?
jaduder405 on
Good riddance.
Dirty_slippers on
She won’t be missed. Adieu.
OldStatistician7975 on
Hell she had a horrible childhood.
Not a defense of her actions but I can see how that translates into the problems later.
guythatlovesbikes on
nonlawyer on
This person probably doesn’t deserve to live, but I am perfectly happy for her to continue to do so, in a cage for the rest of her life, if it means that innocent people will not be executed. Which will inevitably happen if the death penalty is on the books.
NitroJunkie68 on
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hiofdye on
Good. Deserved. Shouldve been executed the same way she killed her poor victim.
BooCreepyFootDr on
Well.
bye.
Praetorian_1975 on
Yallneedjesuschrist on
Why is this „interesting as fuck“? A murderer will be executed in a state that still has corporal punishment.
gladiator073 on
I thought it was a painting for a second. Renaissance.
Sota4077 on
Good riddance. There is no rehabilitation for people that do what she did.
BobWhite783 on
Not soon enough. F this POS!!!
scottgmd on
Excellent. Too bad not by electric chair.
_Monitor_7665 on
Should have been carried out a long time ago. Appeals should be completed with in two weeks execution by thirty days,in my opinion
MWFtheFreeze on
She has dead eyes, and almost no expression. Scary stuff, people like her…
PEPSICOLA123456 on
So why does she qualify for the execution rather than prison time?
lonefunman1 on
Here’s how cooked America is these days, first thing I thought when seeing this post is that someone is announcing this as a public threat to a public figure, like some Black Mirror shit. Then couple of seconds later I figured it must be death row.
Lonely-Start on
Yup 👍 byeeeeeee 😵
HowardBass on
The more I learn about her, the less I like about her
cycleaccurate on
I’m a GenX. I was told over 50 years ago that the death penalty stops people from murdering.
I’m still waiting for murders to stop.
The death penalty serves no function in civil society than just the prey instinct of vendetta.
NotStoll on
This isn’t interesting at all.
Help_An_Irishman on
What’s with the prison yearbook photo?
pinniped90 on
Ok, I’m not a death penalty guy. If it were up to me I’d prefer life without parole.
That said, this is one I will not lose any sleep over.
LessBig715 on
30 yrs later, with that much evidence, it shouldn’t take that long
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> In an order dated September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court set an execution date for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. If her execution proceeds as scheduled on September 30, 2026, Ms. Pike will be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years and the only person executed in Tennessee for a crime committed at age 18, 19 or 20 in the modern death penalty era
Wild how she went from love letters to lethal injection. Real life horror movie.
>On January 12, 1995, Pike, Shipp, Peterson, and Slemmer signed out of the dormitory and proceeded to the woods, where Slemmer was told they wanted to make peace by offering her some marijuana. Upon arrival at the secluded location, Slemmer was attacked by Pike and Shipp while Peterson acted as lookout. According to later court testimony, for the next thirty minutes, Slemmer was taunted, beaten, and slashed; and a pentagram was carved in her chest. Finally, Pike smashed Slemmer’s skull with a large chunk of asphalt, killing her. Pike kept a piece of Slemmer’s skull.
>Pike began to show off the piece of skull around the school, and the three were arrested within 36 hours. The log book showed that Pike, Shipp, Peterson, and Slemmer left together, and only three returned. Detectives found the piece of skull in Pike’s jacket pocket. Soon after her arrest, Pike confessed to police of the torture and killing of Slemmer, but insisted they were merely trying to scare her and it got out of control.
Yikes!
ETA: and it keeps going:
>On August 24, 2001, Pike (with alleged assistance from inmate Natasha Cornett) attacked and attempted to strangle fellow inmate Patricia Jones with a shoestring, and nearly succeeded in choking her to death. Jones had been serving a life sentence for the 1994 murder of 84-year-old Alberta Coker in Knoxville at the time of her attack.
Folks, I don’t think this lady is very nice at all!
Colleen Slemmer will finally get justice
Good totally deserved, bye bye 🖐️
justice will be served after 30 years.
Looked her up. She confessed to torturing and murdering a girl she thought might be interested in her boyfriend, smashed her skull, and kept a piece as a souvenir that she then showed off.
Justice comes sooner or later
I’m shocked they waited so long. Three decades at taxpayer expense and lawyers getting rich. If sentence was to be death, especially after confession, courtroom -> gallows, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Should have happened 30 years ago
Oh no!
So, whattya think, do the Yankees have a chance to come back from down two games to the Blue Jays?
Good riddance.
She won’t be missed. Adieu.
Hell she had a horrible childhood.
Not a defense of her actions but I can see how that translates into the problems later.
This person probably doesn’t deserve to live, but I am perfectly happy for her to continue to do so, in a cage for the rest of her life, if it means that innocent people will not be executed. Which will inevitably happen if the death penalty is on the books.
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Good. Deserved. Shouldve been executed the same way she killed her poor victim.
Well.
bye.
Why is this „interesting as fuck“? A murderer will be executed in a state that still has corporal punishment.
I thought it was a painting for a second. Renaissance.
Good riddance. There is no rehabilitation for people that do what she did.
Not soon enough. F this POS!!!
Excellent. Too bad not by electric chair.
Should have been carried out a long time ago. Appeals should be completed with in two weeks execution by thirty days,in my opinion
She has dead eyes, and almost no expression. Scary stuff, people like her…
So why does she qualify for the execution rather than prison time?
Here’s how cooked America is these days, first thing I thought when seeing this post is that someone is announcing this as a public threat to a public figure, like some Black Mirror shit. Then couple of seconds later I figured it must be death row.
Yup 👍 byeeeeeee 😵
The more I learn about her, the less I like about her
I’m a GenX. I was told over 50 years ago that the death penalty stops people from murdering.
I’m still waiting for murders to stop.
The death penalty serves no function in civil society than just the prey instinct of vendetta.
This isn’t interesting at all.
What’s with the prison yearbook photo?
Ok, I’m not a death penalty guy. If it were up to me I’d prefer life without parole.
That said, this is one I will not lose any sleep over.
30 yrs later, with that much evidence, it shouldn’t take that long
Picture of the victim:
https://preview.redd.it/afnlm1hdoptf1.jpeg?width=869&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb19684471340891eedd6346bb9050e3dd4c7960
Colleen Slemmer ❤️ RIP