At the beginning of this year, I reacted with horror at the federal decision by the United States government to execute Lisa Montgomery more than 16 years after her crime, making her the first woman to be executed federally since 1953.
The initial horror was at former President Trump’s attempt to execute as many as he could before he left office. There was also undeniable horror at Montgomery’s gruesome murder of a young 8-month pregnant woman Bobbie Jo Stinnett, and ultimately for Montgomery to be punished in this way by the state.
But most of all, it was the stories of the repeated and depraved sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of those who were meant to protect her.
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