Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 12, 2021 / 09:47 am
A district court judge has stayed the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, on the eve of her execution.
"Ms. Montgomery's motion to stay execution, is granted to allow the Court to conduct a hearing to determine Ms. Montgomery's competence to be executed," said an order from Judge James Patrick Hanlon of the Southern District of Indiana.
"The Court will set a time and date for the hearing in a separate order in due course," he said.
According to Montgomery's attorneys, her mental state has deteriorated since the date of her execution was announced. She has reportedly begun hearing voices, and at one point said that "God spoke with her through connect-the-dot puzzles."