This State Hasn’t Executed a Woman in 200 Years. It Is Picking the Worst Possible Way to Go Back.

Jurisprudence Aug 25, 20265:00 PM Christa Pike. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA Today Network via Reuters Connect Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a weekly newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back—and keeps you posted on the latest from Slate’s Jurisprudence team. The United States rarely executes women, no matter how gruesome their crimes. In fact, only 18 women have been put to death in this country in the past 50 years. That translates to around 1 percent of the executions carried out in that period. The last one occurred on Jan. 3, 2023, when Missouri killed Amber McLaughlin. On Sept. 30, Tennessee plans to add a new name to the list of women put to death: Christa Pike, who was 18 years old when she tor