Death row inmate Christa Pike, who is set to be executed on Wednesday (30 September), has declined a request for a final meal.The 50-year-old woman will be the first woman to be executed in the state of Tennessee in 200 years for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995.She was sentenced to death when she was just 20 years old and has spent the last three decades awaiting her execution.In a recently shared letter, Pike said she has made peace with her fate.”Whether my clemency is granted or not, I am at peace,” she wrote.”I’m not afraid to die.”Ahead of her execution, which is scheduled for 11am local time on Wednesday, Pike was offered a final meal but refused to select one, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depending on the state, death row inmates can be offered a customised final meal – different from what\u2019s served to other prisoners – before their execution.Last month, Anthony Darrell Hines was executed via lethal injection in Tennessee and requested a final meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, a chicken sandwich, corn, coleslaw, fries, biscuits and sweet tea.Pike\u2019s refusal of her final meal comes as the US Supreme Court declined to stop her execution.Her legal team had hoped for a last-minute reprieve but that has now been turned down, meaning the execution will go ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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