<p>Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, who was convicted of killing her classmate in Knoxville in 1995, have requested the Supreme Court to grant a stay of execution.</p><p>Pike, who was 18 at the time of the crime, is set to be executed on Wednesday, marking Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years. She was convicted alongside her boyfriend for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow student at Knoxville Job Corps. Prosecutors stated that Pike believed Slemmer was a romantic rival and lured her to a secluded area where she and her boyfriend tortured and killed Slemmer.</p>
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Tennessee Scheduled to Execute Christa Pike, First Woman in 200 Years
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering her classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, is scheduled for execution on Wednesday in Tennessee. This will be the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years, and her lawyers have requested a stay from the Supreme Court.
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