“The government should stop its relentless efforts to end her life,” VerGrow continued.
A group of appeals court judges reinstated the January 12 execution date for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row https://t.co/54gJGh0hOL
VerGow added that Montgomery’s legal team would formally ask the court to reconsider their reinstatement of the execution, according to CNN.
In 2004, Montgomery murdered Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a 23-year-old pregnant woman, by strangling her with a rope, according to The AP. Using a kitchen knife, she then cut the baby from Stinnett’s womb and tried to pass the child off as her own.
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row, Lisa Montgomery, to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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Execution of Lisa Montgomery, lone woman on death row, can take place before Joe Biden takes office, US court rules
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A US federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on death row to be executed before president-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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The court ruled a judge erred when vacating Montgomery s execution date last week
An attorney for Montgomery said her legal team would ask for a full appeals court review
Mr Biden, who assumes office on January 20, has not said if he will halt federal executions
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower-court judge erred when he canceled Lisa Montgomery's execution date in an order last week.
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