MEDIA KIT
This page includes links to legal filings, press statements, supplemental materials, and media reports. All links are listed in reverse chronological order.
LEGAL FILINGS, ORDERS , & RULINGS
See below for filings, petitions, orders, and rulings related to Christa Pike and her case for clemency.
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Davidson County Chancery Court Emergency Motion to Preserve Evidence
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Response Brief in Opposition to Application to Vacate the Stay
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Application to Vacate Stay of Execution of Death Sentence in U.S. Supreme Court
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Motion to Reopen Judgment Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)
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Brief of Amici Curiae Organizations and Experts int he Field of Trauma and Sexual Violence
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Joint Motion to Dismiss - 1983 Settlement on Conditions of Confinement
PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
Below are press releases distributed by attorneys for Christa Pike.
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Christa Pike Conscious and Speaking Following Failed Execution Attempt
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Statement on the Resignation of Tennessee Commissioner Frank Strada
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Update and Statement on Chancery Court Filing and Christa's Condition
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Oct.1 Press Conference with Christa Pike's Attorneys Following Failed Execution Attempt
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Statement on Tennessee Supreme Court Order Denying Petition Stay of Execution
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Release on Experts in Trauma and Sexual Violence Urge Commutation for Christa Pike
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Statement on Release of the Special Master’s Report to the Tennessee Supreme Court
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Release on Tennessee Supreme Court Order Appointing Special Master
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Release on Legal Team Filing Challenging Constitutionality of Lethal Injection
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Statement on Tennessee Supreme Court Order Setting Execution Date
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Release on Motion to Reopen Christa Pike's Petition for Post-conviction Relief
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Below are materials pertinent to Christa Pike's case.
NOTABLE COVERAGE
Below is a sampling of notable coverage of Christa Pike, women on death row, Tennessee executions, and more.
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Facing Fury Over Failed Execution, Tennessee Prison Chief Steps Down
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Tennessee Botches One Execution After Another, Despite Repeated Warnings
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Governor Halts Executions Following Tennessee’s ‘Torturous’ Failed Attempt at Executing Christa Pike
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Ahead of rare execution, lone woman on Tennessee death row says ‘I am at peace’
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Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.
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Youth advocates ask Gov. Bill Lee to commute Christa Pike's death sentence
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Christa Pike pleads to Gov. Bill Lee for clemency before execution
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Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die. Now it prepares to execute one of their victims
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Life as a woman on America's death row: 'Worst of both worlds'
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This State Hasn’t Executed a Woman in 200 Years. It Is Picking the Worst Possible Way to Go Back.
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Court Settlement Ends Isolation for the Only Woman on Tennessee’s Death Row