Key Facts

When Christa Pike received her sentence on March 30, 1996, she became the youngest woman sentenced to death in the United States in the...

Christa Pike was the victim of severe, repeated physical and sexual abuse, violence, and neglect that began when Christa was very young....

In addition to being born with organic brain damage, Christa suffers from bipolar disorder and severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder....

Christa’s state appointed lawyers failed to present any mitigating evidence of her history of sexual violence and abuse to the jury, and...

Prior to a recent settlement, Christa had been held in solitary confinement for 27 years, which exacerbated her underlying mental health...