It's been 30 years of solitude for Christa Pike. 30 years to think about her crime. 30 years awaiting death. But what exactly is the story behind the headlines of the youngest woman sentenced to death in the last 200 years? At only 18 years old she was convicted of a crime so shocking that life in prison seemed too easy a punishment.
Join your host Taylor Rae as she deep dives into the case of Christa Pike and the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
Time stamp to skip details of the murder:
22:00-24:15
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Links to Sources:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-1054/124745/20191206143532120_Pike%20cert%20extension%20request.pdf
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0205p-06.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/e2009-00016-cca-r3-pd.html
https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/Order%20setting%20execution%20%2814%29%20-%20Christa%20Gail%20Pike.pdf
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