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Four Tennessee Inmates Set for Execution This Year

This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)

The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four executions in 2026. This would include Christa Pike. She was convicted of murder at age 18 in 1995 in East Tennessee. She was also convicted of attempted first-degree murder after she tried to kill another state inmate in 2001.

Currently Pike is suing the state to halt her execution, arguing Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol would constitute cruel and unusual punishment due to her rare blood cancer that affects how her blood clots.

Pike will be the first female to be executed in Tennessee since 1819.

Lucky Knott

Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.