# Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions

https://mins.news/en/item/80343

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 13:14 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/christa-pike-seeks-firing-squad-not-lethal-injection-inside-us-executions?traffic_source=rss

> Tennessee is set to carry out its first execution of a woman in more than 200 years, after the US Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal. Christa Pike, convicted of torturing and killing a classmate in 1995, has asked to be shot by an all-female firing squad instead of receiving lethal injection. Her lawyers cite trauma, mental illness and possible difficulties inserting an IV; the governor denied clemency, while UN experts urged commutation.

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