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Christa Pike (50) to be executed on Wednesday: Why this case has sparked so much anger and protest
Christa Pike, now 50, is scheduled for execution on Wednesday for the 1995 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a crime that shocked the United States when Pike was 18. Although her defense team hopes for a stay of execution, the case continues to generate significant public outrage and protests more than thirty years after the incident.
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