Christa’s mother drank heavily and used drugs while she was pregnant with Christa resulting in brain damage which caused Christa’s bipolar disorder.
When Christa was 14 months old, she suffered a seizure. Her mother refused to leave the bar to take her to the hospital.
After Christa was born, her mother left Christa and her brother without food, crawling in dog feces, while she drank with her boyfriends.
Her mother allowed her boyfriends to beat Christa and twist her nipples. One beat Christa with a belt and sexually assaulted her.
When Christa tried to commit suicide after that, a psychiatrist told her mother Christa was severely depressed and needed help. Her mother denied Christa further help and her bipolar disorder was not treated.
When Christa was raped at 11 by a man in the neighborhood, her mother denied it until she developed an infection and the man was arrested.
When Christa was raped at 17, one year to the day before she committed murder with her boyfriend, Christa’s mother didn’t care.
But Christa was happy to see her mother in court during her trial and all she wanted was a hug.
Yes, Christa committed an extremely heinous murder at 18. But I just wanted to share a little bit of her story with you — especially for all the folks rejoicing at her execution.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/tennessee-woman-execution-christa-pike
Is this the woman they tried to lethally inject twice and failed
she was giving them advice on how to find her veins better. she and her lawyers told the courts it wouldn't work due to her veins. witnesses reported at least 7 needles they tried before finally "finding" a vein. she requested firing squad and hanging to avoid exactly this but was denied both.
absolutely barbaric treatment, regardless of her crime. not to mention that she's been in solitary for 30 years now.
We aren't executing the right people. If you have 1 billion in assets you should automatically be added to the death penalty queue.
Maybe we should just stop killing people at all.
Yup, really sad state of affairs.