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DC Circuit panel upholds January 12 execution date for only woman on federal death row
Just before Christmas, as noted in this post, a federal district judge vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons that had set Lisa Montgomery’s execution date for January 12. But, on New Year s Day, a DC Circuit panel issued this order putting the execution back on track. This CNN article about the ruling provides some context:
Montgomery s execution had been scheduled for December 8, but a judge postponed it after her attorneys said they were diagnosed with Covid-19 after flying from Texas to visit with Montgomery at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON 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 vacated Lisa Montgomery s execution date in an order last week.
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss had ruled the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled Montgomery s execution and he vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death for Jan. 12.