Lisa Montgomery was abused, neglected and raped as a child. Before her execution, she was in a psychotic state — hearing voices and having religious delusions, her lawyers said. (Photo: Courtesy of Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via Reuters) The Trump administration executed Lisa Montgomery, 52, in the early hours of […]
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Brandon Bernard’s Final Words Before Execution of Death Row Inmate
The final words of Brandon Bernard, who was killed by lethal injection Thursday in one of the last federal executions of the Trump presidency, and whose impending death had triggered a nationwide campaign for clemency, came as an apology to the family of the couple he played a role in […]
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The Tortured Life And Tragic Crime Of The Only Woman On Death Row
About a week before Christmas in 2004, Lisa Montgomery, a 36-year-old mother of four, drove from her home in Kansas to Missouri, ostensibly to buy a rat terrier puppy from a woman she’d met at a dog show earlier that year. But it was not a pet that she was […]
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Great British Bake Off branded ‘offensive’ by Japanese actress in row over ‘racist’ buns
Great British Bake Off’s race row over Japanese week has continued after a Japanese actress Naoko Mori waded into the debate over the show’s steamed buns. Social media was awash with fans in furore over the “mildly racist crossovers” between Japan and China on Great British Bake Off on Tuesday. […]