Pike's attorneys have asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to recommend that Gov. Bill Lee commute her sentence to life.
Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
According to court documents, Pike and Shipp tortured the teenager, including by carving a pentagram in her chest. Pike then bashed Slemmer's skull with a large chunk of asphalt and kept a piece as a souvenir. "Honestly, my heart breaks every single day because I keep reliving it and reliving it," Martinez told the station."I want this to happen before I die. Otherwise, nobody will see justice."asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to recommend Gov.
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