Lisa Montgomery
Lisa Marie Montgomery (February 27, 1968  – January 13, 2021) was a convicted murderer. In 2004, she attacked and killed a 23-year old pregnant woman. She then cut the unborn child from the womb of the woman. The woman had been pregnant for eight months, The child survived and was given to its father. In 2007, Montgomery confessed to the crime. She was sentenced to death. She was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. During her childhood, she had been sexually abused for years.  She also had other conditions. These included post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis, dissociative identity disorder and amnesia. Based on these conditions, her lawyers argued that she was severely handicapped. They said that she should not have been tried in a regular court.  On January 13, 2021, she was executed by lethal injection.