Her scheduled execution is currently set for September 30, 2026, at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. If carried out, Pike would be the 19th woman executed in the United States since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated nationwide. Supporters of the decision argue that justice must be served regardless of the time that has passed, while critics believe her age at the time of the crime and her troubled upbringing should be weighed more heavily.

Pike’s legal team continues to fight for clemency, insisting that her sentence should be reduced to life without parole. They argue that important details about her childhood hardships and later-diagnosed mental health struggles were not considered during her original trial. Whether those appeals will succeed remains uncertain, but what is clear is that this case has reopened one of the most divisive conversations in America: the role of the death penalty in modern justice.