A US state is moving forward with its first female execution in over 200 years — and the horrifying crime behind it has been revealed.
In the long and complicated history of the American justice system, only a handful of cases manage to disturb the public’s memory for decades — not only because of the brutality involved, but because of the deeper questions they raise about trauma, accountability, and the nature of justice itself.
The case of Christa Gail Pike is one of those haunting chapters that refuses to fade, even 30 years later. The year was 1995. Knoxville, Tennessee, was a lively university town — filled with college students, coffee shops, youthful optimism, and all the ordinary rhythms of American campus life.