# Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in two centuries

https://mins.news/en/item/79731

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 05:15 UTC
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- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tennessee-due-execute-woman-first-time-two-centuries-2026-09-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abc9ad6a32b780001a83443

> Death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in Tennessee on Wednesday. She would be the first woman executed by the state in more than 200 years.

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