Christa Pike, 50, reportedly asked to face a firing squad rather than lethal injection, according to her legal team.

Pike was convicted of the 1995 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and is scheduled for execution in Tennessee.

Her lawyers have argued that she fears lethal injection could cause severe physical and psychological distress, including flashbacks connected to childhood abuse.

Tennessee currently does not authorize an all-female firing squad, the method Pike reportedly requested.

The case has renewed debate over execution methods, the role of medical procedures in capital punishment, and whether inmates should have any choice in how a death sentence is carried out.

If you had to choose between legally available execution methods, would you want the choice?