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Christa Pike, who would be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, moves to reopen appeal

Christa Pike's attorneys have tried at least three times in federal and state court to get her off death row. That's not stopping them from trying again.

Christa Pike still on death row but out of 'solitary confinement' after court challenges

Tennessee still plans to execute Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, but it will afford her more time with other incarcerated women after 27 years of what her attorneys describe as de facto solitary confinement.

Court Settlement Ends Isolation for the Only Woman on Tennessee’s Death Row

“This settlement will be life-changing for Christa Pike,” said Angela Bergman, one of the attorneys who represented Pike in a lawsuit against the state over the conditions of her confinement. “For the last nearly 30 years, Ms. Pike has been subjected to solitary confinement in a cell the size of a parking space, where she has had nearly no meaningful human contact. These conditions have had a devastating impact on her mental and physical health.”

Sole woman on Tennessee death row, age 18 at time of crime, raises new appeal based on youthfulness

“If the courts agree that a 17-year-old is not eligible for mandatory life in prison due to well-established adolescent brain science, we should not death-sentence an 18-year-old”

Christa Pike's attorneys request her death sentence be reconsidered due to her youth at the time

“If Christa is executed for a crime she committed as a teenager, it will contradict Tennessee’s deeply held beliefs in the value of human life and redemption, as well as the scientific consensus that youthful brains are not fully formed, especially for young people who experience severe abuse, neglect and trauma.”

‘How young is too young for a death sentence? Christa Pike fights move to set execution date’

What's the difference between being 17 years old and being 18? In Christa Gail Pike's case, her lawyers say, the difference is a death sentence.

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