Lisa Montgomery: Judge blocks execution of only woman on federal death row hours before lethal injection April Roach
A federal judge has blocked the execution of the only woman on death row in what was set to be the US government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades.
The 52-year-old strangled the expectant mother, who was eight months pregnant, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the newborn as her own.
Indiana Judge Patrick Hanlon granted the stay late on Monday, saying that Montgomery’s mental competence needed to be determined, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
First US execution of female inmate in 67 years halted
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FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery who In 2004, killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled on Jan. 12, 2021, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP)
By: HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press
Posted at 2:23 AM, Jan 12, 2021
A federal judge late Monday blocked what would have been the first federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years, citing the need to determine her mental health state.
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