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‘Womb raider’ Lisa Montgomery’s execution BLOCKED hours before her lethal injection in dramatic 11th hour court ruling

A JUDGE has blocked the execution of "womb raider" killer Lisa Montgomery just hours before she was due to become the first woman put to death by the federal government in almost 70 years.

Montgomery, 52, was convicted of strangling a pregnant woman to death, cutting out her baby and then kidnapping the child in Missouri in 2004 in a sickening crime which shocked America.

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Lisa Montgomery was set to be put to death on TuesdayCredit: The Mega Agency
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When Montgomery was taken in, the baby was given back to her father. She's now 16 years old.

Montgomery's legal team has insisted that she was not represented properly in her previous trials, .

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They argue that while there is no question of her guilt, her severe mental health issues and extreme sexual abuse she was subject to as a child was not taken into account.

Pleas for 'Womb raider' Lisa Montgomery's life as lawyers say she's 'brain damaged, ill and was sexually tortured'
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