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When the Blinds Dropped

Columbia Journalism Review · Carolina Abbott Galvão · last updated

WBIR’s John North on witnessing the botched execution of Christa Pike.

Leading up to the execution day, Christa was already known in some sectors of the world, if you will, because she was the only woman on death row in Tennessee, and very few women get to that point. So she had that notoriety. Also, she had been the subject of various documentaries and true-crime shows. Come Wednesday, there was already this great expectation that this was going to happen.

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