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Pike’s attorneys have described her as someone shaped by a childhood marked by rape, abuse, and neglect, failed repeatedly by systems meant to protect vulnerable young people. She has since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
According to her legal team, Pike never received a thorough mental-health evaluation before she was sentenced to death. Her attorneys argue this gap in the process left critical context about her psychological state unexamined at the time of sentencing.
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