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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19thnews Retweeted SCOTUSblog
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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SCOTUSblogVerified account @SCOTUSblogJust in: SCOTUS, with no noted dissents, denies a request by Lisa Montgomery to postpone her execution, which is scheduled for this evening. Two separate appeals (on other issues related to her execution) remain ongoing and likely will be resolved at SCOTUS in the coming hours. pic.twitter.com/43BzTt7ernShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
19thnews Retweeted Isaac Arnsdorf
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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Isaac ArnsdorfVerified account @iarnsdorfNow there is a NEW stay of today's execution of Lisa Montgomery — this time from the Eighth Circuit. Follow for updates... https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-says-the-inconvenience-of-rescheduling-executions-outweighs-the-harm-to-prisoners-set-to-die … pic.twitter.com/7MBQXnzu2D1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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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19thnews Retweeted ko “that’s it” bragg.
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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 …19thnews added,
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19thnews Retweeted Robert Dunham
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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19thnews Retweeted ko “that’s it” bragg.
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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