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I’m assuming she has exhausted all appeals. I remember this case well. Sounds like the feds aren’t messing around.WASHINGTON — A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant Missouri woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades, the Justice Department said Friday.
Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Dec. 8 at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. She would be the ninth federal inmate to put to death since the Justice Department resumed executions in July after a nearly 20-year hiatus.
Montgomery was convicted of killing 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in December 2004.
Feds to execute Lisa Montgomery, who killed Skidmore woman, cut baby from womb | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
“There are other women out there who have done this, but none of them are facing the death penalty,” said Seileach Corleigh, president of the National Organization for Women’s Columbia, Missouri, Chapter.
That organization is one of dozens of groups and individuals who signed a letter sent to President Donald Trump, calling for clemency for Montgomery by asking for a commuted sentence of life in prison instead of the death penalty.
“There are so many points at which things could have been different, and I just feel that it’s not right to execute her,” said Corleigh, referencing Montgomery’s childhood.
Gillian Chadwick, a professor at Washburn University’s School of Law with a specialty in gender-based violence, also signed the letter. She said Montgomery’s past was not given proper weight in court.
“Those traumas impact a woman’s psyche in ways we are just beginning to understand,” Chadwick said.
Groups trying to stop execution of Lisa Montgomery, who killed Skidmore woman, cut baby from womb | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
Ditto!I don't give a rat's azz about her attorneys having Covid ( you mean both have it? sure)-
send other attorneys to be present at the execution: The biotch has lived and breathed too long already-- she needs to be executed. There are some crimes that are just so horrible that the death penalty is the appropriate punishment. this is that case.
Ditto!
I agree - so what if those lawyers can't be present - is there a law/statute that says the death row inmate is entitled to counsel at the actual death?
JMO
[QUOTE="Lisa Montgomery is not an evil person. What she did was wrong, but it doesn't make her evil, and it certainly does not make her family evil. Actually, her family supporting her says something really good about them and it is that they love her no matter what shes done and thats the kind of love we want, isnt it? You want your parents, spouse, and/or children to love you, faults and all, right? Well her family does, and I say theyre setting an example the rest of us should follow.
And if we execute her, then we'll have done just what she did. Eye for an eye is not right. She killed, and now we're going to kill her? No, it sounds only hypocritical and self-contradicting, and we dont want that, now do we. We have no power or place to pass judgment on someone else. As Jesus once said Let he who is sinless cast a stone at her [the prostitute sentenced to death by stoning]! In other words, which one of us is not guilty of something like lying, or cheating (tests, spouses, etc.), shoplifting, and even other things? Not one. You cant honestly say Ive never lied or Ive never done anything wrong. So how can you say you have the right to judge someone else?!
I call BS. They can present their case via zoom or use another attorney. Using COVID as an excuse to postpone an execution sets a dangerous precedent. There are too many criminals and their defense attorneys using the COVID virus as an excuse for whatever they dream up. What timing! And I don’t think President Trump will grant the request. JmoI don't give a rat's azz about her attorneys having Covid ( you mean both have it? I am not sure I believe them. -send other attorneys to be present at the execution: The biotch has lived and breathed too long already-- she needs to be executed. There are some crimes that are just so horrible that the death penalty is the only appropriate punishment. this is that case.