Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to be executed in the US in 68 years

On January 12, Lisa Montgomery would be executed in the United States, the first woman to face that sentence since 1953.

The woman was found guilty of strangling an eight-month-pregnant woman and then using a kitchen knife to remove a baby from her womb. This, in 2004.

The woman’s execution was scheduled to take place at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, but federal Judge Randolph Moss postponed it after defense attorneys asked him to extend the time to file a clemency petition.

But the attempt was unsuccessful and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered Montgomery’s execution for the same date previously scheduled, the 12th of this month.

In any case, her lawyer, Meaghan VerGow, announced that she would appeal the entire decision, insisting that the woman suffers from a serious mental disorder after years of being abused by her parents.

“Given all we know about Lisa Montgomery, her mental illness and the life of horrible trauma she suffered, we do not see a logical reason for her execution,” VerGow said in a statement.

There, he asks the current president, Donald Trump, to access clemency.