The Tennessee Supreme Court has set an ex**ution date for the only woman in the state sentenced to capital punishment.

Christa Gail Pike, now 49, was sentenced at age 18 for the torture slaying of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer. The crime, which Pike has called the “worst mistake” of her life, made headlines in 1995 due to its brutality.

The state of Tennessee has set an ex***tion date for Christa Pike for the 1995 homicide of Colleen Slemmer

If Pike’s death penalty is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern US history.

Both Pike and the victim were students at Knoxville Job Corps, a career-training program. The crime was reportedly motivated by Pike’s fear that her classmate would steal her boyfriend.

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