Christa Pike, aged 50, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee, USA, on September 30, 2026. She was convicted in 1996 of a 1995 murder committed when she was 18, barely out of a childhood in which she endured rape, sexual and physical violence, abuse, and neglect. The state failed to protect her as a child despite having knowledge of what she was facing. Her court-appointed lawyers then failed her at her trial, presenting little of the mitigating evidence of this abuse or its psychological consequences.
Call on Governor Bill Lee to stop this execution and grant clemency.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: September 30, 2026
Here is how you can take action:
- Send a letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
- Send an email to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee using the web contact form in Step 2
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Scroll down to Step 1 and Step 2 to access the full Urgent Action appeal and sample letter, and U.S.P.S. mailing address (if available).
As a child, Christa Pike was failed by the state and, after her conviction for a murder committed at 18, she was failed by her trial lawyers. They did not present to the jury a full and cohesive mitigation case about her childhood of severe violence, abuse and neglect and its serious psychological consequences, which could have resulted in a difference sentence. Her execution would cement the cycle of violence and cement the injustice. Please commute this death sentence.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
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