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Lisa Montgomery, Only Woman On Federal Death Row, Receives 2021 Execution Date After Postponement

Eric Quintanar
Lisa Montgomery, Only Woman On Federal Death Row, Receives 2021 Execution Date After Postponement
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons has rescheduled the execution of death row inmate Lisa Montgomery, 52, after a judge delayed the most recent execution date when two of her lawyers contracted the coronavirus.

According to USA Today, Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, has now been scheduled for a January 12, 2021, execution date, eight days before inauguration day. Montgomery, who was previously scheduled to be executed on December 8, was convicted more than a decade ago for the 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a 23-year-old pregnant woman from Missouri.

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