The Execution of Lisa Montgomery

 I was reading recently about the upcoming execution of Lisa Montgomery. She would be the first scheduled federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years. The Trump administration wants the execution to go forward. 

Why I argue--and many others--against it is because of the traumatic early background of Ms. Montgomery. She was sexually abused by her father, physically abused by her mother, and was pushed into child prostitution by both parents.

She has since struggled with PTSD, dissociation, and possible psychosis.

There's more to the story that I'll write about in another post.

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