Christa Pike, convicted in the 1995 killing of a Knoxville classmate, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday after the governor denied clemency and her lawyers sought a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawyers for Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, argue she should receive clemency and would not face a death sentence if tried today.
Lawyers for Christa Pike, sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of a fellow student, argue she is herself a victim and would not receive the death penalty if tried under today's standards.
Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, is due to be executed within days; her defence says she would not receive a death sentence if tried today.
Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, is scheduled to be executed within days; her lawyers argue she should receive clemency.