(CNN) A group of three judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court judge was wrong when he vacated an execution date for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, reinstating her execution date later this month. She's now scheduled to be executed just before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who has pledged to abolish the federal death penalty. On November 23, the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Michael Carvajal, rescheduled Montgomery's execution for January 12. Friday's order said he was acting under the "governing regulation," which allowed him to reschedule the execution because the original execution date had not passed. The order said he was acting under the law, clearing the way for Montgomery's execution later this month.

Source: CNN January 02, 2021 00:33 UTC