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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow execution of Lisa Montgomery
Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Jan. 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday night began to clear the way for the execution of Lisa Montgomery, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection - the first woman to face the federal death penalty in nearly seven decades.
The court granted a request from the Justice Department to vacate a divided federal appeals court that would have delayed her execution until after President Donald Trump leaves office next week.
The court s three liberals - Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - dissented.
Anti-death penalty activists on Tuesday launched last-minute bids to push back three scheduled federal executions until President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes over, hoping he will spare their lives.