Convicted Killer Christa Pike Wants a Second Chance at Life

mandy wrote:

I was locked up with Crista Pike she is not as bad of a person as people think she is a warm hearted person i was locked down on max with her that is were death row

Alan wrote:

Mandy from shreveport you asked what about the victims family but you failed to ask about pikes family. To start off she was molested before she could even talk and she was raped at least three times before she turned 17. Her parents showed a flagerent disreguard for the law and smoked marijuanna with her amoung participating in other illegal actities with her. Her mother had many boyfriends who either beat or molested her regularly. Whenever her mother was tired of her she sent her to live with another family member which combined with all of the other factors lead to ms pike to develop a mental disorder that both the defense and the prosecution failed to bring up until after she was senatnced to death. I know you will say that you cant just use hard times as an excuse but when it affects her ability to reason and see the extent of her actions it should have been heard by the jury. Ms. Pike's mental disorder should not free her from any wrong doing but in this country, with the exception of texas who executes shoplifters, capital punishment is reserved for people who commit the worst acts of evil possible. Due to ms. pike's inability to understand the gravity of what she was doing the death penalty should not be used on her. I guarentee that had the jury heard the evidence i heard while watching a post conviction hearing they would not have considered death but settled very appropriatly on a life sentance without the possibility of parole as she deserves. She commited a sick and twisted crime you were correct, but how can she be put to death when she couldnt even comprehend the severity of her actions?(I ommited some of the more graphic details in respect to those who, like myself, would rather not hear them; but i assure you she did not have a full understanding of the situation)

tasha wrote:

"See what I get for trying to be nice to that hoe by bashing her brains out so she could die fast and theyr're gonna F***ing fry me" Pikes letter to her boyfriend whether you believe it or not she knew what she was doing even had a plan and was not sorry for it. By the way I had a terrible childhhod of drugs,abuse,foster homes liquor and sex. And i saw my mother be stabbed to death when I was 14 and I'm not a killer! don't use childhood as an excuse she made her choice as an adult plus her mom was trying to help her by sending her to job corps and her mom looks pretty clean cut middle class to me... she deserves to die like yesturday...
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