The Execution of Christa Gail Pike
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What is the significance of Christa Gail Pike's execution case?
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Hey there, folks. The state of Tennessee has not executed a woman in some 200 years. And Krista Gale Pike is fighting to not be the next. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Presents. This is a story that got a lot of headlines at the end of last year because there was a date put on the books for an execution, a rare execution of a woman in Tennessee.
That's right. She was set, I say is set, there's not a was, is set to be executed on September 30th of this year. But Krista Pike has now filed a lawsuit to stop her execution. She says that executing her would violate her constitutional rights and and her religious beliefs. We'll get into exactly how she's saying an execution would do both of those things to her. It's interesting. It's creative.
It's creative. You just said, because my next question to you, we happen to cover a lot of executions in Rome. We see this thing fighting, fighting, fighting to stay alive.
Yes. Attorneys will come up with all sorts of different reasons as to why their client shouldn't die, whether they go back to the trial and find some reason why they didn't get a fair shake, or they'll go and try and find reasons why their client is not mentally stable. stable enough to face an execution, but this woman's attorneys are claiming she has a condition and she has a religious belief that would preclude her from being executed.
Look, we've come up, and I say we've come up, they, a lot of attorneys, have come up with all kinds of ideas for how to save their client. We don't see, necessarily Robes, it work that often, but sometimes it delays the process or they go through the process. This is and it should be robes. I don't know. Do people feel any differently in the country when we talk about execution and people have their opinions about whether we should have it or should not have it? But do we feel any differently when it comes to executing a woman?
Absolutely.
We do.
Yes. There is something about even sending a woman to prison for the rest of their lives. We just heard a jury. This is so interesting. A juror, I should say, speak out after the last trial of Corey Richens. And she said, we sat there in that jury room and we all came into it thinking she was guilty, but we all started talking about... how possibly she might not be because the idea of sending a mother to prison for the rest of her life, the idea of taking a mother away from her children for the rest of their lives was very, it was very present in the room when they were trying to come to the conclusion. So yes, I do think we have an aversion as a country, as a society in punishing women for, For crimes, because we think of them as mothers.
We think of them as people who others count on. And we try not, we try to, we wish for the best. We hope for the best. We don't want it to be true.
And we don't want them to be monstrous.
Exactly.
It just doesn't work. These are, not to label women, but yes, we don't see, we see them as nurturers. Like you said, as... So when stories, and we have seen plenty, Ro, of mothers in the country, famous stories of mothers killing their children, they're shocking. We just can't understand.
It goes against nature.
It doesn't make sense. So here we are. I don't know, Ro. It's an interesting thing to consider. There are possibly people out there who are, yes, I'm for the death penalty, but only as it applies to men.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the significance of Christa Gail Pike's execution case?
0:00–6:19
2
What arguments are being made against Christa Pike's execution?
6:19–10:15
3
How does mental illness factor into Christa Pike's case?
10:15–13:08
4
What societal attitudes exist towards executing women?
13:08–21:36
5
What is the history of executions of women in the U.S.?
21:36–25:44
Speakers
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