When the State places its noose around a white woman’s neck, the world cries foul.
On Jan. 13, Lisa Montgomery, a white woman, was led to the death chamber. The federal government used its weapon of choice, lethal injection, to kill her. She was the first woman executed by the federal government in 68 years.
Widely condemned, her execution was seen as a tragic killing of a victim of horrific sexual and physical abuse. Major publications like
The
New York Times and
Rolling Stone condemned her death sentence. More than 312,000 people signed a petition to stop her execution.
To be sure, Lisa Montgomery’s execution was a tragedy. But the outcry only underscored the public’s silence about the death sentences of Black women.