Dead Woman Walking: Christa Pike Vs Tennessee (Exclusive Death Row Interview)
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“If Christa Pike is executed, she will be the first woman our state has executed in 200 years.”
THE LATEST: Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30, 2026 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, but a federal appeals court halted the execution that morning, with judges saying they wanted to review whether allegations of past abuse against Pike were fully considered before she was sentenced to death. The Tennessee attorney general's office then appealed to the Supreme Court to vacate the stay of execution, which it did that evening. She was given two doses of lethal pentobarbital that were not successful and she was taken to a hospital. In the aftermath, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has halted all executions in the state for the remainder of 2026.
The Criminally Obsessed original documentary “Dead Woman Walking: Pike Vs Tennessee" dives deep into Pike’s background to ask: Who is Christa Pike, and is justice – or injustice – being served?
Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville in 1995. Detective Randy York, who worked the case, described the brutal murder as “one of the most disturbing crime scenes I have ever dealt with.” While Pike confessed and was later convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, there are legitimate questions regarding Christa Pike’s execution.
Pike’s attorneys and other advocates have raised issues about her trial representation, mental health, history of trauma, age at the time of the crime and Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. On the other side of this death penalty debate is a mother who lost her daughter more than 30 years ago – and still has the painful memory of having to see her dead daughter’s skull in a courtroom.
“Dead Woman Walking: Pike Vs Tennessee” explores all sides of this story through powerful archival footage and interviews with Slemmer’s mother, Pike’s current legal team – and Pike herself, via phone, from death row just months before her execution date in a candid and emotional exclusive interview.
#DeadWomanWalking #ChristaPike #truecrimedocumentary #truecrimestories #truecrimecommunity #documentary #deathpenaltydebate #nashville #tennessee
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Dead Woman Walking: Christa Pike Vs Tennessee (Exclusive Death Row Interview)
Criminally Obsessed
1,906,794 views
“If Christa Pike is executed, she will be the first woman our state has executed in 200 years.”
THE LATEST: Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30, 2026 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, but a federal appeals court halted the execution that morning, with judges saying they wanted to review whether allegations of past abuse against Pike were fully considered before she was sentenced to death. The Tennessee attorney general's office then appealed to the Supreme Court to vacate the stay of execution, which it did that evening. She was given two doses of lethal pentobarbital that were not successful and she was taken to a hospital. In the aftermath, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has halted all executions in the state for the remainder of 2026.
The Criminally Obsessed original documentary “Dead Woman Walking: Pike Vs Tennessee" dives deep into Pike’s background to ask: Who is Christa Pike, and is justice – or injustice – being served?
Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville in 1995. Detective Randy York, who worked the case, described the brutal murder as “one of the most disturbing crime scenes I have ever dealt with.” While Pike confessed and was later convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, there are legitimate questions regarding Christa Pike’s execution.
Pike’s attorneys and other advocates have raised issues about her trial representation, mental health, history of trauma, age at the time of the crime and Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. On the other side of this death penalty debate is a mother who lost her daughter more than 30 years ago – and still has the painful memory of having to see her dead daughter’s skull in a courtroom.
“Dead Woman Walking: Pike Vs Tennessee” explores all sides of this story through powerful archival footage and interviews with Slemmer’s mother, Pike’s current legal team – and Pike herself, via phone, from death row just months before her execution date in a candid and emotional exclusive interview.
#DeadWomanWalking #ChristaPike #truecrimedocumentary #truecrimestories #truecrimecommunity #documentary #deathpenaltydebate #nashville #tennessee
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