Lisa Montgomery: First US woman executed in nearly 70 years

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Lisa Montgomery was the first of the final three federal inmates scheduled to die before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. 9News

She tapped her fingers nervously for several seconds, a heart-shaped tattoo on her thumb, showed no signs of distress, and quickly closed her eyes.

At 1.30am, an official in black gloves with a stethoscope walked into the room, listened to her heart and chest, then walked out."The craven bloodlust of a failed administration was on full display tonight," Montgomery's attorney, Kelley Henry said in a statement."The government stopped at nothing in its zeal to kill this damaged and delusional woman," Ms Henry said.Federal executions had been halted for 17 years prior to last summer.

Montgomery's attorneys, family and supporters had pleaded with President Donald Trump to read their clemency petition and make an executive decision to commute her sentence to life without the possibility of parole.

 

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