# Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years

https://mins.news/en/video/79320

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-29 20:53 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs3dJ_SDU9g

> At 50, Christa Pike is scheduled to die Wednesday over the killing of a classmate during a jealous outburst when she was 18. She had become one of the youngest women placed on death row, and her execution would be Tennessee’s first of a woman in 200 years.

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