Christa Pike, the 50-year-old Tennessee woman who is set to be executed on Wednesday (September 30, 2026), has said that she is prepared to die but “nervous” about the execution process. She has been on a death row for over three decades for a killing she was convicted of in 1995. She along with her boyfriend, killed their 19-year-old classmate. In Tennessee, executions of female inmates are rare. Pike, who will be executed with lethal injection, is set to be the first woman in more than 200 years of the history of Tennessee to be put to death.
In a letter to NBC News, shared by her spiritual adviser, Pike wrote, “Whether my clemency is granted or not, I am at peace.” “I am not afraid to die; I’m only nervous about the process,” she wrote.
