Christa Pike Execution Date Set: Tennessee Death Row Inmate Faces Lethal Injection

Christa Pike, sentenced in March 1996 as the youngest woman given the death penalty in the modern era for the torture-murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer, faces execution by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on September 30, according to court documents and state scheduling records. Governor Bill Lee holds sole clemency … Read more

Iran Executes Protesters as Postwar Repression Deepens

Public executions have returned to the streets of Iran, according to statements released by human rights groups and family members of those executed. The developments follow months of war with the U.S. and mass protests in January, as the regime clamps down on public dissent. Public Hangings in Isfahan Target Young Protesters Cranes were used … Read more