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Woman to be executed soon should be spared as rape survivor: Experts
Killer Christa Pike suffered through rapes as a toddler, an 11-year-old and a teenager. Sex abuse experts are trying to stop her execution next week.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors agree about one thing when it comes to death row inmate Christa Pike: Her childhood was uniquely traumatic.
Before she was even in preschool, Pike was a rape victim. Her grandmother's boyfriend targeted her for years... [11557 chars]
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