The order said Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was working under a “governing regulation,” which allowed him to rearrange the execution facility because the original execution date had not passed.
Montgomery’s attorney, Maghan Vergo, said in a statement that he disagreed with the judges and would file an application to reconsider his decision. The judges gave Vergo until Saturday to file.
“The federal government must follow the law to set a date for any execution, because the district court is properly held … All we know about Lisa Montgomery’s mental illness, the horrific torture and trauma of her lifetime, and the many people in the position Seeing that, Vergo said there could be no principle reason for the authorities who would have intervened to save him but never did, to run its execution. “The government should stop its relentless efforts to end his life.”
Vergo has called on President Donald Trump to commute Montgomery’s sentence to life without the possibility of parole.
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