Tennessee to Put a Woman to Death for First Time in 200 Years

Tennessee plans to put Christa Pike, 50, to death by lethal injection — a shot that shuts down the body — on September 30, 2026, at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. The U.S. Supreme Court, the country's highest court, refused to stop it. She would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years.