The first woman to be executed by the federal government in 67 years died overnight. Lisa Montgomery, 52, died early Wednesday morning by lethal injection. She was sentenced to death for murdering a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her body. The baby survived. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Montgomery was sentenced to die for …
A federal judge has blocked an execution scheduled for January 12 in connection with Lisa Montgomery, the only female currently on federal death row. The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports that Judge Patrick Hanlon of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Indiana said that an evidentiary hearing is needed to decide if Montgomery is …
A federal appeals court has lifted the execution stay for Lisa Montgomery, the only female on federal death row. As CrimeOnline previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss previously vacated an order that scheduled Montgomery for execution on January 12, which was a new date after the court rescheduled her first execution, which was set …
Bobbie Jo Stinnett was eight months pregnant when she was strangled and her baby cut from her body. Now the person convicted is facing execution. Prosecutors say the killer befriended the dog breeder over the internet and traveled from Kansas to purchase a puppy. Joining Nancy Grace today: “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Fox …
A woman who strangled an expectant mother and cut her newborn baby out of her womb is scheduled to be executed in December, the first execution of a female federal prisoner in 70 years, Daily Mail reports. Authorities on Friday announced that 43-year-old Lisa Montgomery, an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana, will be …
