i'm in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is scheduled to be executed today. prison officials are moving ahead with plans, despite multiple courts orders halting the execution.
my latest for @19thnews:https://19thnews.org/2021/01/chaos-in-the-courts-as-only-woman-on-federal-death-rows-execution-date-arrives/ …
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@RDunhamDPIC earlier today “The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed every execution so far to go forward on increasingly partisan lines. ... is (SCOTUS) a fair and neutral arbiter of death penalty issues or has it become a rubber stamp for executions?"https://19thnews.org/2021/01/chaos-in-the-courts-as-only-woman-on-federal-death-rows-execution-date-arrives/ …Show this thread -
ending this day’s thread with a final story. Lisa Montgomery was pronounced dead at 1:31 am eastern time. she was the only woman on federal death row. she was mentally ill and endured a lifetime of trauma that ended with a in injection of pentobarbital.https://19thnews.org/2021/01/lisa-montgomery-first-woman-executed-federal-government-since-1953/ …
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The cruelest.
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My goodness.
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Oh this is awful. Goodness gracious.
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Their cruelty has no bottom
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It's all so barbaric and awful
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How cruel~at the last moment Lisa was not allowed her spiritual advisor to accompany her
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