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The victim's family said they had 'serious concerns' about his release

Tennessee Governor, Bill Lee, has issued a response to the clemency petition filed by Christa Pike's legal team ahead of her execution

Tyria Moore's character was replaced by a fictionalised counterpart named Shelby, played by Jessie Lee, for Ryan Murphy's horror anthology

Sarah Paulson plays the serial killer in Ryan Murphy's horror anthology

The contents of her will gave insight into her her mindset upon her death

Venables tortured and murdered two-year-old James Bulger back in 1993

Colleen Slemmer was brutally murdered by Christa Pike, Tadarryl Shipp and Shadolla Peterson in 1995 - but only Pike will pay with her life

Colleen Slemmer's mother May Martinez has explained why she'll hold a picture of her daughter at Pike's execution

There are several legal routes which mean Pike's execution could be delayed or cancelled altogether

Colleen Slemmer was murdered by Pike, Shipp and Peterson in 1995 - but while one teen defendant was sentenced to death, another walked free

Detective Superintendent Ian Fletcher likened the attack to the Netflix drama Adolescence, in which a teenager stabs his female classmate

Davide has vowed to stand by her and said there's much 'that people don’t know yet'

The Metropolitan Police has explained that ‘the nature of the crime is changing’

Tiana Krasniqi detailed the moment she was 'forced' to 'watch him die'

He also talked about the heartbreaking moment he thought that his youngest son, Callan, might have survived

Siobhan Blake, CPS National Lead for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences, explained to Tyla the two key principles on which consent is based

As Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story lands on Netflix, Tyla spoke to psychologists about why girls seemingly can't get enough of the gore

Clancy and his wife, Dr Rachel Danis, have done a joint interview on 60 Minutes that will air this Sunday (20 September)

Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series has sparked a fresh interest in the infamous Victorian murder trial

Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell insists that 'Christa Pike at age 50 is not at all Christa Pike at age 18'

Christa Pike was one of the youngest women in modern US history to receive a death sentence

Brandram had been arrested in June in connection with an incident which took place on Putney Bridge in 2017

Christa Pike's legal team have also challenged Tennessee's lethal-injection protocol, raising concerns about the potential for pain

Jake Reiner previously spoke about his 'rage' over his parents' deaths