Montgomery pretended the baby was hers before she was arrested the next day. Montgomery was convicted of federal kidnapping resulting in death for fatally strangling 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett and then taking a kitchen knife to cut the baby out of her abdomen. In 2020, the federal government executed more inmates in a year than all states that still conduct executions for the first time in history.Īmong the thirteen was Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to be executed by the federal government in 67 years. That's what is particularly deviant about this execution spree," said Dunham.Ī spokesperson for the Biden transition said the incoming president "opposes the death penalty, now and in the future and as president will work to end its use." It has never been making discretionary choices to kill people. "The end of administrations have been about exercising discretion to grant mercy. "It's not illegal, but it certainly shows a disregard for traditional presidential values and norms of behavior," Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told CBS News. In the days between the November 3 presidential election and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, an opponent of the death penalty, the Trump administration decided to carry out the executions of six inmates on death row.
Former Attorney General William Barr announced last July that capital punishment would resume because the Department of Justice "owes it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system." Barr scheduled two executions in October and scheduled three more at the end of November. The resurgence of the federal death penalty came after a nearly two decade dormancy.
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