January 13, 2021 US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953 A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.
January 12, 2021 Judge halts execution of only woman on federal death row A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades — a Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the newborn as her own.
December 31, 2020 Who is Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on death row in the US? The only woman on federal death row was set to be executed by lethal injection on Jan. 12, but Lisa Montgomery, 52, got a brief reprieve when, on Christmas Eve, a federal court pushed the date back.
December 17, 2020 Federal lawsuit: Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man The lawsuit argues the deputy used excessive force and was "callously indifferent" to the victim's civil rights.
December 16, 2020 Teen Kansas hunter's 42-point buck confirmed as world record It didn’t take long for this hunter to start setting world records.
December 16, 2020 Kansas mayor resigns amid threats over support of coronavirus mask mandate A Kansas mayor announced Tuesday she has resigned over threats she’s been receiving after publicly supporting the city’s COVID-19 mask mandate.
December 14, 2020 US Supreme Court won't revive Kansas voter ID law The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an appeal from Kansas seeking to reinstate voter identification laws which a federal appeals court had declared unconstitutional earlier this year.
December 3, 2020 Kansas mayor charged with felony perjury: report A mayor in Kansas was arrested and charged with perjury on Wednesday, court documents show, according to reports.
November 16, 2020 Lisa Montgomery's lawyers seek to delay execution after contracting coronavirus Two lawyers representing Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to face the federal death penalty in nearly 70 years, have moved to delay her execution because they contracted the coronavirus while working on her case, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
November 12, 2020 Trump urged by over 1,000 advocates to stop death sentence for inmate who cut baby out of pregnant woman More than 1,000 advocates, including current and former prosecutors and anti-trafficking organizations, are asking President Trump to spare the life of the only woman currently on death row in the U.S. who was convicted of strangling a pregnant woman and cutting out the baby to raise as her own.
