2) There are two separate appeals related to Montgomery's case that are still ongoing. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on them within hours.https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1349102148060127233?s=20 …
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The 19th's @keaux_ is in Terre Haute, Indiana following the Lisa Montgomery case.
What we know so far: 1) The Supreme Court has denied a request by Montgomery to postpone her execution, scheduled for Tuesday evening.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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3) There was also an additional stay to halt Montgomery's execution filed this afternoon. This stay is from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.https://twitter.com/iarnsdorf/status/1349112291128709122 …
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Montgomery's lawyers say she is mentally ill due to years of sexual assault, rape, physical and mental abuse, and should not be executed.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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Montgomery's legal team has previously argued that she was in the midst of a dissociative psychotic episode when she killed Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a pregnant woman, and kidnapped the child that she cut from Stinnett's stomach in 2004.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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The 1986 Supreme Court case Ford v. Wainwright established that executing mentally ill incarcerated people who lacked "competency" to understand the punishment was unconstitutional.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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Montgomery's execution is scheduled to come just eight days before a new administration, one that has committed to ending the federal death penalty, takes office.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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The Trump administration has executed 10 death row prisoners in six months after a 17-year lapse in the practice. The last time the federal government executed a woman was in 1953. Stay tuned. We'll be following the case through the evening.https://bit.ly/35wOBR2
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@keaux_ is in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is scheduled to be executed today. Any news related to a stay on her execution from the Supreme Court is not expected to come until 9 p.m. ET.https://twitter.com/keaux_/status/1349150717760720896 …Show this thread -
Update: There are still matters before the Supreme Court, which will ultimately decide whether Lisa Montgomery will be executed.https://twitter.com/rdunhamdpic/status/1349201572333563912?s=21 …
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Update: The Supreme Court has vacated the stay from the 8th circuit for Lisa Montgomery’s execution. Her execution is likely imminent. The federal government has not executed a woman since 1953.https://twitter.com/keaux_/status/1349223930620506113 …
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Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, was executed early Wednesday morning, marking the Trump administration’s 11th execution. Prior to Montgomery, the federal government had not executed a woman since 1953. From
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