The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities in the U.S. state of Tennessee say two men, including a former prison guard, have been arrested in a plot to break out the state’s only woman on death row.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday there was no imminent danger of an escape by Christa Gail Pike.
Pike was 18 when she was sentenced to death in 1996 for murder.
New Jersey State Police on Monday arrested 34-year-old Donald Kohut, who has frequently visited Pike in prison. He was charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit escape.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former correctional officer at the Tennessee Prison for Women, 23-year-old Justin Heflin. He was charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit escape and facilitation to commit escape.