Defense attorneys and prosecutors agree about one thing when it comes to death row inmate Christa Pike: Her childhood was uniquely traumatic. Before she was even in preschool, Pike was a rape victim.

Texas has executed the second of two men who carried out a merciless triple murder more than 20 years ago in a small Texas city on the Gulf Coast. The state executed Ker'Sean Ramey, 41, by lethal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christa Pike's lawyers have filed a clemency petition seeking to commute her sentence ahead of the 30 September execution date ...

Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay Christa Pike, a woman who was convicted of murder 30 years ago, is set to be put to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Less than one week before the scheduled execution of the only woman on Tennessee's death row, the ...

Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection, the sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this year A man found guilty of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at a ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) --Texas executed a 40-year-old man on Wednesday night for a triple murder committed 21 years ago, making him the fifth person to be put to death by the state this year and the 26th ...

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Every night, one of the men Ron McAndrew killed would sit at the foot of his bed and stare, blankly, into his tortured soul. He knew they were coming. He’d shift over in his sheets to make room. “They ...

Christa Pike, 50, convicted of murder at age 18 Failed clemency bid cited childhood sexual abuse, neglect Pike diagnosed with bipolar, post-traumatic stress disorder Pike heard gasping, snoring after ...

A man was executed Wednesday evening in Texas for a triple killing committed during an attempted robbery at a rural home, one week after the other man convicted in the case was put to death. Ker’Sean ...

A man was executed in Texas on Wednesday for a triple killing committed during a robbery attempt at a rural home, one week after the other man convicted in the case was put to death. Ker'Sean Ramey, ...