Tennessee's governor does 'not plan' to intervene in execution of Christa Gail Pike
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee does not plan to intervene in the scheduled execution of Christa Gail Pike. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
A jury decided in 1996 that Pike should be executed for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
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