Tennessee court schedules execution dates for four inmates

The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for four death row inmates, including Christa Pike, the only woman sentenced to death in the state. Pike, convicted for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, has faced legal efforts to commute her sentence due to her mental health issues, while concerns about the state’s execution protocols and past drug testing failures have also emerged.

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