Lisa Montgomery's new execution date for her conviction in a Missouri womb-raiding case that horrified investigators and the small town where it happened has been put off until next month.
The U.S. government says it will now execute the first woman in almost six decades on Jan. 12, which is just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who opposes the death penalty.
Montgomery had been scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Ind. The federal execution of Lisa Montgomery has been temporarily halted after two of her lawyers contract the coronavirus. (Getty Images) It was postponed after the coronavirus sickened her lawyers, Tennessee federal public defenders Kelley Henry.
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