KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The State of Tennessee has set the execution date for Christa Pike, who was convicted of brutally stabbing and killing a fellow Knoxville Job Corps worker in 1995.

According to a court order, Pike, 49, will be executed by September 30, 2026, unless another court order intervenes. If Pike is executed by the state, she would be the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1819. She will also be the first person to be executed who was 18 at the time of the crime in Tennessee since the death penalty was reinstated in 1972.

The order states that Pike has been through the standard three-tier appeals process, and the court has not found any reason that her sentence should not be carried out. Although the order noted that Pike asked the court to deny the state's motion t

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