The Execution That Will Make History: After Three Decades on Death Row, Tennessee Prepares to Execute Its First Woman in Two Centuries

Pike has spent the vast majority of her adult life in the shadow of the executioner. As the Tennessee Supreme Court has formally set her execution date for September 30, 2026, the case has been ripped from the past and thrust into the center of contemporary discourse. The situation is legally and socially fraught, largely because female executions continue reading …