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Christa Pike is facing execution later this year. Credit: Death Penalty Information Center

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Reason Christa Pike was sentenced to death at 18 while her accomplice Shadolla Peterson walked free of prison

After more than three decades on death row, Christa Pike faces her final punishment in just two days, but why was she sentenced to death and her accomplice...

Alexandra Brooks, Journalist at VT

5 hours ago

Christa Pike

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Unique way death row inmate set to become first woman executed by US state in 200 years has asked to be killed

The first woman set to be executed by the state in 200 years has asked for her death sentence to be served in a very particular way.

Alexandra Brooks, Journalist at VT

7 hours ago

Pike has filed a lawsuit against the state ahead of her execution. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections

5 min(s) read

Death row inmate Christa Pike set to be executed in days breaks silence to reveal terrifying thought keeping her awake at night

A death row inmate, who is set to be executed in a few days, has revealed the terrifying thought keeping her awake at night.

Asiya Ali, Writer at VT

2 days ago

Christa Pike is facing execution later this year. Credit: Death Penalty Information Center

3 min(s) read

Death row inmate's lawyer reveals what she fears more than death with her execution just 7 days away

The lawyer of a woman who is facing execution in Tennessee later this month has revealed what his client “fears more than death."

Paddy Hayes, Journalist at VT

5 days ago

Christa Pike

3 min(s) read

Reason behind first woman to be executed in US state in over 200 years requesting all-female execution team

Christa Pike has spent nearly three decades behind bars after being convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville back in 1995.

Michelle Hambiliki, Deputy Editor at VT

8 days ago

Jeffrey Lee

4 min(s) read

Alabama death row inmate’s haunting final words before execution for double murder after 26 years behind bars

An Alabama death row inmate has shared a chilling final message before his execution for a double murder.

Asiya Ali, Writer at VT

10 days ago

Pike has filed a lawsuit against the state ahead of her execution. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections

4 min(s) read

Lawyer of death row inmate Christa Pike believes one photo could save her life before execution

Christa Gail Pike's lawyers have made one final attempt to save the inmate from the death penalty, which they have repeatedly tried to avoid.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

12 days ago

Pike has filed a lawsuit against the state ahead of her execution. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections

4 min(s) read

Death row inmate set to become first woman executed by US state in over 200 years has issued one final plea

A death row inmate who will become the first woman executed by a US state in over 200 years has issued one final plea.

Asiya Ali, Writer at VT

24 days ago

Pike has filed a lawsuit against the state ahead of her execution. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections

3 min(s) read

Execution date listed for this month as death row inmate set to become first woman killed by US state in 200 years

Christa Gail Pike's execution date has been confirmed for this month, with the death row inmate set to become the first woman killed by a US state in 200 years.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

28 days ago

Christa Pike

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Huge setback for death row inmate set to become first woman killed by US state in 200 years next month

Christa Gail Pike's challenges against the method used for her upcoming execution have largely been rejected by a special judge, acting as a clerk and master.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

1 month ago

Francis Clifford Smith was America's oldest death row inmate. Credit: Connecticut Department of Correction

3 min(s) read

America’s oldest inmate dies aged 101 after guards turned blind eye to bizarre prison habit during 70 years behind bars

The US's longest-serving prisoner and death row inmate passed away earlier this year, after over 70 years behind bars.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

1 month ago

death row

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Death Row guard reveals disturbing moment changed how he saw people and still haunts him decades later

A former Death Row prison officer has opened up about the experiences that continue to haunt him decades after leaving the job.

Paddy Hayes, Journalist at VT

2 months ago

The death row inmate sent a message to his son before being executed. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections

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Death row inmate’s heartbreaking four-word message to son as he becomes one of three executed in the US on same day

Anthony Darrell Hines, a death row inmate who spent 40 years behind bars, was executed in Tennessee on Thursday, August 13.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

2 months ago

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 26: A group of Power Rangers cosplayers pose during Day 4 of 2026 Comic-Con International on July 26, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)

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Former Power Rangers extra tried to cut off own penis while in prison amid death sentence for double murder

In a bizarre and gruesome escalation to a high-profile Southern California murder case, jail officials confirmed that a former child actor awaiting trial for a...

Michelle Hambiliki, Deputy Editor at VT

2 months ago

death row

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The one thing prisoners on death row cannot request in their last meal

A hot topic for the public when it comes to the death penalty is what an inmate chooses to have for their final meal.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

2 months ago

Christa Pike

3 min(s) read

Why there's a 'high risk' the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years will suffer a 'prolonged, agonizing death'

A warning has been issued over lethal injections, ahead of Christa Gail Pike's execution on September 30, 2026.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

2 months ago

Dominick Occhicone was part of a double execution in Florida. Credit: Florida Department of Corrections

3 min(s) read

Florida death row inmate’s surprising final meal revealed after historic double execution along with chilling last words

The final meal of death row inmate Dominick Occhicone has been revealed following his execution on Tuesday (July 28).

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

2 months ago

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Dominick Occhicone was part of a double execution in Florida. Credit: Florida Department of Corrections

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Inmate's last words as Florida carries out first double execution in 60 years

Dominick Occhicone, a death row inmate who spent almost 40 years behind bars, had some choice words before being given the lethal injection.

Joshua Nair, Senior Journalist at VT

2 months ago

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