Death row woman set to be first executed by US state in 200 years – attorney makes special request

years, Pike’s attorneys have pointed to her age at the time of the crime, along with years of abuse and mental illness they say jurors never fully understood.

“Christa’s childhood was fraught with years of physical and sexual abuse and neglect,” her legal team said in a statement to USA Today. “With time and treatment for bipolar and post-traumatic continue reading …