Tenn. woman on death row seeks to stop execution

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The only woman on death row in Tennessee’s prison system is asking a Knoxville federal judge to prevent her execution. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Christa Gail Pike’s lawyer filed a petition claiming his client’s constitutional rights were violated at the 1996 trial where she was convicted of killing Colleen Slemmer. [...]