Christa Pike: The Crime, the Sentence, the Controversy

A brutal crime. A death sentence. Decades of controversy.

This compelling true-crime audiobook examines Christa Pike’s conviction for the murder of nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer, the troubled childhood raised in her defence, and the legal battles that followed. Exploring questions of youth, responsibility, mental health and capital punishment, it looks beyond the headlines while keeping Colleen’s life and loss at the heart of the story.

An unsettling account of a case that challenges what we mean by justice.

Contains discussion of murder, childhood abuse and the death penalty.