Disclaimer: The article has mentions of killing. Christa Gail Pike is currently the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has announced the execution dates for four inmates, including the only woman on the state's death row. Christa Pike was found guilty in 1995 of the brutal torture and ...

Tennessee has scheduled the execution of Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on the state's death row. Florida has executed two women in its history: Serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2002 and 'Black ...

At 44 executions and three more on the schedule, 2025 is on track to be the deadliest year on American death rows in more than a decade. Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death ...

She's a death row survivor, but she doesn't think she's really any different from her friends who are still set to die. Pam Perillo greets me at the door of her trailer, the yaps of a chihuahua named ...

Gloria Rubac remembers the thick crowd, primarily composed of students from Sam Houston State University, and the way they cheered outside the red-brick Texas State Penitentiary as the sun set. Having ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...