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Dec 26, 2020 08:14 PM EST
A federal judge stated that the Justice Department unlawfully postponed the execution of the mere woman on the United States death row, potentially setting up the Trump government to schedule the execution following president-elect Joe Biden's takeover of office.
Lisa Montgomery's Execution
United States District Court Judge Randolph Moss also relinquished an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons that had slated Lisa Montgomery's putting to death as a legal penalty for January 12.
Montgomery had earlier been scheduled to be sentenced to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, this December. However, Moss postponed the execution after her lawyers contracted COVID-19 visiting their client and appealed to him to extend the amount of time to issue a clemency petition, reported CBS News.