
The federal government of the United States will beexecuting a woman for the first time since1953forstrangling a Missouri woman.
There have been a string of executions in the US this year, and the federal government has finalised dates for two more criminals, which includes a woman.
Identified asLisa Montgomery, she will be receiving a lethal injection on December 08, as reported by local media channels.
Montgomery was arrested in 2004 and wasconvicted of strangling an eight-months pregnantwoman from Missouri, then cut out and kidnapped the baby.
As per theUS Bureau of Prisons records, the last two women to ever be executed in the United States of America wasBonnie Brown Heady, who was executed onDecember 18, 1953 forkidnapping and murder, andEthel Rosenberg who was executedfor espionage. Her husband, too was executed.
The criminal is being held at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana currently. The second convict to be executed this year is also at the same facility.
However, Montgomery's lawyers haveurged the government to reconsider this decision as they argued that she ismentally ill due to thehorrible childhood abuse. They also claimed that Montgomeryhad poor representation at trial.