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Christa Pike is set to die Sept. 30 for torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995 Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer covering crime at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Less than one week before the scheduled execution of the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, the state’s Supreme Court has denied a request to stay the execution. The ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman set to be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years is asking for an all-female death squad, the New York Post is reporting. Christa Pike’s ...

A female Tennessee death row inmate has asked that she be killed by an all-female execution squad after she was convicted for murdering her classmate more than 30 years ago. Investigators said that ...

Attorney General Russell Coleman holds a press conference outside the Franklin County Judicial Center March 30, 2026. Taylor Six tsix@herald-leader.com The Kentucky Supreme Court has dealt another ...

Despite her last-minute appeals for clemency and legal arguments targeting Tennessee's execution procedures, Christa Pike is set to be executed by lethal injection on Sept. 30 after spending 30 years ...

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Aileen Wuornos was one of the more notorious serial killers in history, and she has had a lasting impact in pop culture. Her crimes have been featured in many true crime documentaries, while Charlize ...

Check Point Software has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability that can let attackers execute code with root privileges on management systems. Tracked as CVE-2026-91843, this ...

Alabama executed the convicted killer of a famous Elvis Presley impersonator by lethal injection on Thursday, three months after a judge's ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with ...

Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences. By Rick Rojas Reporting from Atlanta ...