PoliticsChrista Pike Requests Female Observers, Refuses Last Meal Before Tennessee Execution
Christa Pike, the first woman to face execution in Tennessee in over 200 years, requested an all-female observation team for her lethal injection at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Convicted of torturing and murdering a classmate at 18, Pike, 50, refused a last meal. The US Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay. Pike expressed peace about death but nervousness about the process.
HT World·3h ago·Nashville



