The day was December 16, 2004. And then there was a rolling movement in her lower chest, which I have been trained by our consultants to know indicates an obstruction of the airways. "Lisa Montgomery's execution was far from justice.". She said nothing else.". Lisa Montgomery's last words before she was executed was a one-word response. Bobbie Jo Stinnett was 23 and eight-months pregnant when she was murdered by Lisa Montgomery. Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, died by lethal injection early Wednesday after the Supreme Court vacated several lower … He thought that we made a very strong showing. After a flurry of last minute legal filings attempting to save her life, they were finally resting in a hotel near the prison. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Lisa Montgomery 's execution came in the final days of the government of US President Donald Trump, which pushed forward with her execution despite a legal battle LAST … The big picture: The 52-year-old Kansas woman was declared dead at 1:31am after having a lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, following a Supreme Court ruling late Tuesday. "'No,' Montgomery responded in a quiet, muffled voice. A witness to the execution has confirmed that the killer refused to give any final words before her sentence was carried out, and said that she gasped for air as the pentobarbital - the drug administered for a lethal injection - entered her veins through an IV drip. Lisa’s baseline state is pretty severely dissociated. ], reveal that as a result of traveling to visit their client they have contracted COVID-19 and are experiencing debilitating symptoms. Three executions in the last days of the outgoing administration On Wednesday, the U.S. government executed Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row. Early Wednesday morning, the U.S. government executed Lisa Montgomery after a flurry of legal efforts failed to outlast a Trump administration that was determined to put a lifelong victim of torture and severe mental illness to death. But when we arrived at the execution house, [Bureau of Prisons staff] did not allow him to be with her. A woman said she’d go check, and then she came running back and said it was too late. More:Lisa Montgomery executed … Can you get here with us?” And she was just so not with us. The order from [U.S. Judge James Patrick Hanlon] was a 28-page order that was very well reasoned. According to TIME, Montgomery looked 'bewildered' at the journalists watching from behind a glass window and 'tapped her fingers nervously' before closing her eyes to die. How does it feel knowing that, even though a federal judge believed there was evidence that Montgomery was too mentally ill to be executed, she was not allowed a competency hearing before her death? On the back of it, it said “Lisa, 7, second grade.” Lisa had given him the photo when she was 7 years old. On these grounds, a federal court granted Montgomery a temporary stay less than 24 hours before her execution was scheduled to allow for her mental health to be evaluated, but that hearing never happened. She gave HuffPost a first-person account of her client’s last day alive and her death. Published 10:54 AM, January 13 2021 GMT| Last updated 10:55 AM, January 13 2021 GMT. He had held on to it ever since. "Lisa Montgomery was dealt a losing hand from before her birth and now Trump is trying to trump that terrible hand with an execution in these last days of his presidency," wrote Prejean. Two more executions are scheduled for later this week, although a temporary stay is in place for both. Lisa Montgomery's Final Hours Before The Trump Administration Executed Her. January 13, 2021 at 1:00 am CST By Bob D'Angelo and Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk. Montgomery was convicted in 2007 in Missouri for the kidnap and murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett who was at the time eight months pregnant. She said: "The craven bloodlust of a failed administration was on full display tonight. Can you describe what she went through? The Eighth Amendment prohibits executing a prisoner who cannot rationally understand why they are to be executed. In the waning days of his term, Donald Trump and his administration carried out three final federal executions. Saving Lisa Montgomery’s Life Requires More Than Stopping Her Execution The system failed to protect Montgomery as a child. He gave us all communion, and talked with Lisa about if things went poorly tonight, how he hoped to care for her while in the execution chamber. You witnessed her execution. Part of HuffPost Politics. Can you describe what happened? How was she doing today when you spent time with her? She strangled the Ms Stinnett - who was eight months pregnant - before cutting out her foetus and pretending it was her baby until her arrest. The 52-year-old, who murdered a pregnant woman in 2004 and abducted her fetus, had been the only woman on death row. "A few minutes later, her midsection throbbed for a moment, but quickly stopped.". In addition to the letters sent to the president on Wednesday, more than 2,200 have signed a petition created by the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide, demanding a stay of execution at minimum. had been the only woman on death row. More:Lisa Montgomery, a Kansan who cut a baby from a mother's womb, faces execution Tuesday.Here is her story. He wrote: "As the execution process began, a female executioner standing over #LisaMontgomery's shoulder, leaned over, gently removed Montgomery's face mask and asked her if she had any last words," Tarm reported. The final moments of Lisa Montgomery, a mentally ill woman executed in the USA, have been revealed by a witness to the lethal injection. — Lisa Montgomery became the first woman executed by the federal government since 1953 early Wednesday when she was put to death by lethal injection. We were told that 65 of the government’s employees who participated in tonight’s “event” — as they refer to it euphemistically — are also at this hotel, which adds a layer of surreal upon surreal. I explained that he was her designated spiritual adviser and needed to be in the chamber with her. In the days leading up to her death, her lawyers argued that she was incompetent for execution because she was in a state of psychosis and not meaningfully aware of what was about to happen to her. In Trump’s final days in office, Lisa Montgomery — a mentally ill victim of sex trafficking — is set to be the first woman the U.S. executes in 70 years. ... Porterfield spent many hours with Montgomery over 18 days as part of an appeals process in 2016. I hate to use the word unconscionable again but I’m sorry, it’s late and I don’t have enough words. Serious doubts about whether Montgomery, who was mentally ill, was competent for execution did not stop the government from killing her. She was not following conversations. He was the bus driver who picked her up to take her to church, and his mom was her Sunday school teacher. I went to prison in the morning and spent four hours with her. — This episode contains multiple descriptions of sexual assault. There, they learned that a number of Bureau of Prisons staff who had assisted in Montgomery’s execution were also staying at the same hotel. The 52-year-old - who was convicted of killing a pregnant woman and carving out her child - was pronounced dead at 1.31am, after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana . The 11th hour plea from her lawyers has been directed to President Trump after a judge dismissed an appeal against Montgomery’s execution last week. For more about the crimes of Lisa Montgomery, listen to episode 38 of Criminal Broads. Serious doubts about whether Montgomery, who was mentally ill, was competent for execution … Following the execution, Montgomery's attorney Kelley Henry took aim at the court for their actions. Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on ... Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 03.49 EST. That was the plan. [U.S. Judge James Patrick Hanlon] was a 28-page order that was very well reasoned. Lisa Montgomery was put to death early Wednesday morning at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, shortly after the Supreme Court cleared the path for her execution. He thought that we made a very strong showing. "Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame. (Thursday, November 12, 2020) In a lawsuit filed today, attorneys for Lisa Montgomery, a severely traumatized and mentally ill person facing execution on December 8 [11/23/2020 UPDATE: Lisa’s execution has been rescheduled to January 12, 2021. A murderer dubbed the 'womb raider' refused to give any last words before she was executed today. TERRE HAUTE, Ind. He knew Lisa when she was a little girl. Lisa Montgomery was executed in the early hours of January 13, 2021. UPDATE: We are devastated and outraged. There was some discussion of printing out, pregnant woman in 2004 and abducted her fetus, Trump Administration Executes Only Woman On Federal Death Row, Federal Judge Halts Executions For 2 Men Recently Diagnosed With COVID-19, Despite Chaos And Calls To Resign, Trump Set To Oversee 3 Executions. Montgomery became the first woman to be put to death by the state since 1953 after a lengthy legal battle and a number of delays prevented her sentence being carried out. Here’s how. It was a needless indignity, and a deprivation of really her basic humanity. Tarm added: "As the lethal injection began, at around 1:18 a.m., Montgomery kept licking her lips and gasped briefly as the pentobarbital entered her body through IVs on both arms. Montgomery's lawyers told HuffPost that she was out of touch with reality before she was killed by lethal injection early Wednesday morning. Montgomery was sentenced to death for the killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett in 2007. Michael Tarm, a legal writer present at the execution, said that Montgomery remained calm and silent before the procedure, and died in silence. Instead they killed her. She wiggled her fingers a little, waving at us and we locked eyes with her and waited for the end to happen. That in her final moments they tried to take her sense of herself as a loved child of God is an insult beyond comprehension. In one of their final moves, the Trump administration executed the only woman on federal death row and the first in nearly 70 years. She was deprived of her spiritual adviser. “As the execution process began, a female executioner standing over #LisaMontgomery's shoulder, leaned over, gently removed Montgomery's face mask and asked her if she had any last words,” Tarm reported. We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote! At one point, he fished out of his wallet this tiny photograph. It was a needless indignity, and a deprivation of really her basic humanity. Lisa Montgomery was put to death early Wednesday morning at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, shortly after the Supreme Court cleared the path for her execution. I tend to think it was a bubble. A date that Lisa had been telling people was her due date. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Despite the flurry of last-minute court orders, hours of uncertainty including the final plea to reconsider her competence, Lisa Montgomery was executed on Wednesday at the age of 52 by lethal injection at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute. Lisa Montgomery became on Wednesday the first female inmate to be executed since 1953, per AP. Topics: .css-la0sor{color:#ee5253;}World News, US News, crime, @media (max-width:767px){.css-4n1las{display:none;}}Chosen for You@media (min-width:768px){.css-1s8mc50{display:none;}}Chosen for You, Why It Might Feel Like You Get More Drunk At The Pub Over Drinking At Home, Prince Philip's Funeral To Be Held On 17 April, Martin Lewis Says People Working From Home Can Claim Back Up To £125 From This Week, Prince Philip Will Be 25th Royal Buried In 200-Year-Old Vault, The Bill Set To Return To TV With Original Cast Members 'In Talks', Woman Announces Plans To Marry 93-Year-Old Chandelier Named Luminere, Bizarre Video Shows Woman Spraying Her Breast Milk Around At Festival. Already, more than 1000 […] The US government has executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay. The date has been scheduled on December 8, when Lisa Montgomery, a 2004 murder convict, will be executed. It should be able to offer more now than merely a reprieve from execution. Montgomery will be given a lethal injection on that day … A judge had delayed her execution whilst awaiting a mental health assessment, but the US Supreme Court overturned that decision and the 52-year-old was executed in the early hours of this morning at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Today is National Voter Registration Day! Death row ‘Womb raider’ Lisa Montgomery executed after US Supreme Court U-turn She reportedly refused to offer any final words and died in silence. So the idea that a judge says this rings the bell and somehow we don’t even get to go to court? So far we’ve managed to not. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. There was some discussion of printing out the op-ed by Sister Helen Prejean [the Catholic nun who called on the Department of Justice to stop the executions] and slipping it under some windshield wipers. Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost? Montgomery was sentenced to death after murdering a 23-year-old pregnant woman before cutting out and kidnapping her baby in 2004. Lisa Montgomery spent the day in the Death House. She was the only woman on federal death row, and the first woman to be federally executed in nearly 70 years. Lisa was on the gurney, all strapped in. Lisa Montgomery, 52, was executed early Wednesday in Terre Haute, Indiana Responded only with the word 'No' when asked if she had any last words She was pronounced dead at … I hate to use the word unconscionable again but I’m sorry, it’s late and I don’t have enough words. She was convicted in the death of Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnap of her baby, Victoria Jo. TERRE HAUTE, Ind. For years, she had been housed at a prison in Texas for women with special mental health needs and treated for bipolar disorder and complex PTSD stemming from her abusive childhood. At one point I asked her to repeat back to me what I just said, and she was not able to do that. Montgomery was put to death one week before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who opposes the federal death penalty and has said he will work to end its use. He told her that after the execution started, he intended to sing “Jesus Loves Me” and “Amazing Grace” while the chemicals flowed. We have received quite a bit of training from medical personnel as to what to look for in circumstances of someone receiving lethal injections of huge amounts of chemicals. She was not processing the information I gave her. The United States federal government on January 13 executed the first woman inmate by the in 67 years. Witness Reveals Final Moments Of Lisa Montgomery Before Her Execution Tom Wood Published 10:54 AM , January 13 2021 GMT | Last updated 10:55 AM , January 13 2021 GMT Amy Harwell is one of Montgomery’s attorneys, who contracted COVID-19 in November after visiting Montgomery in prison. She wiggled her fingers a little, waving at us and we locked eyes with her and waited for the end to happen. The government stopped at nothing in its zeal to kill this damaged and delusional woman. Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter. Lisa Montgomery, the only female on federal death row, was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. Wednesday morning, following her execution for murdering a pregnant woman and slicing the infant from her stomach. [Editor's Note: The Trump administration executed Lisa Montgomery early Wednesday morning. We had just gotten the stay [from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana] and I spent the day thinking, I’m going to get to present this proof in court! He flipped it over so Lisa could see and she gasped. Montgomery's execution was followed a day later by Corey Johnson, and three days later by Dustin Higgs. After her eyes closed, there was some movement in her mouth. During that time, her spiritual adviser John Francisco came. THE "womb raider" killer Lisa Montgomery "throbbed" during her execution and "licked her lips" as the lethal injection was pumped through her body. January 13, 2021 at 2:00 am EST By Bob D'Angelo and Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk. The fight to save the life of a death row inmate is always dramatic up until the very last moment, and none more so than the fight to save Lisa Montgomery. Lisa Montgomery, is fighting to block her execution Credit: Getty Images - Getty Her lawyers have now revealed new information in order for the 52-year-old to be spared execution. They were the last three executions under the presidency of Donald Trump, occurring in a lame-duck period. There was a point where I was unclear exactly what I was seeing in her mouth, which was open, whether there was some bubbling or whether movement of her tongue. We’re in a hotel room. She was deprived of her spiritual adviser. The government appealed the stay and it was overturned by the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. Well, truth be told, she spent her entire childhood in a death house as well. I understand you were with Montgomery today, the day of the execution. All three were carried out by the United States federal government, each being controversial for a variety of different reasons. The New York Times reports that Montgomery was transferred to … One of the first things I said to her was, “Lisa you’re so far away from me. The executions of Lisa Montgomery, Corey Johnson, and Dustin Higgs brought the total number of executions carried out by the Federal Government in the past year to thirteen, a rate and number of executions unprecedented in modern times. Lisa Montgomery has been executed - the first female federal prisoner to be put to death in 67 years Credit: 2004 Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department 9 The Supreme Court backed the … So the idea that a judge says this rings the bell and somehow we don’t even get to go to court? From the moment we got there today, she was very detached from reality, much more so even than we had ever experienced before. 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