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| Christa Pike |
"Christa Pike to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years—but her defence says she's a victim too. "That is the headline that screamed across the BBC Internet page today.
Christa prepares to have her life terminated by lethal injection in the US state of Tennessee. Her request is not to have any of her loved ones present when the execution takes place.
It is interesting to note that this crime was committed 31 years ago. Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her boyfriend at the time, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured, and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old they met at a job training camp for troubled teens.
Pike had accused Colleen of insulting her and trying to steal her boyfriend. Two other residents at the camp later testified that Pike had bragged about the murder before and after, and showed them a piece of Colleen's skull.
There were many appeals, and this has delayed her execution. It is interesting to note that in the Pratt & Morgan case in Jamaica, they were allowed to go free because the Privy Council determined that they were on death row for too long.
My understanding is that even if capital punishment were reinstated in Jamaica, all a woman has to do to escape death is to get pregnant. Pity men do not have that option.
Although the death penalty has not been carried out for many years, the police have shown no sympathy to those gang members and gun members who have challenged them. Eliminating these terrorists must have had a positive effect on the level of murders in the country. The challenge is, Jamaica continues to be a criminal factory. You kill one today, and another is born tomorrow.
May the good Lord help us. Another interesting phenomenon is that communities will demonstrate against police killings, but they are quiet when gunmen kill someone!
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