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US federal judge again delays execution of lone woman on death row
A US federal judge has said the Justice Department broke the law when it rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row last month, potentially pushing her execution into Democratic president-elect Joe Biden’s new administration.
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US District Judge Randolph Moss on Thursday, local time, vacated an order from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which is part of the Justice Department, that had rescheduled convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery’s execution to January 12.
President Donald Trump’s administration has rescheduled 13 executions since July, when Republicans resumed federal executions after a 17-year hiatus.
Ten of those have been put to death already with two more scheduled before he leaves office. It could mean…
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