Trump DOJ Can Execute Woman on Jan. 12, Appeals Court Says (1)

The Trump administration can carry out the first federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years on Jan. 12, a Washington appeals court panel ruled.

Friday’s order overturns a trial judge’s order that vacated the Jan. 12 date because the government set it while a prior stay was in place. The trial judge set the stay until Dec. 31 so that Lisa Montgomery’s lawyers, who contracted Covid-19 while working on her case, could have more time to work on her clemency petition.

If left undisturbed on further appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s order allows ...