l-r Bobbie Jo Stinnett, Victoria Stinnett, Lisa Montgomery
The AP is reporting the Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death today by a Missouri court for the murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett.
Evidence in her trial showed that Lisa Montgomery strangled Bobbie Jo Stinnett in order to steal her baby. Stinnett was eight months pregnant at the time. Montgomery used a kitchen knife to cut the baby from Stinnett’s womb.
Montgomery’s attorney based her defense on childhood sexual abuse. He stated that while he didn’t want to diminish the horror of what Montgomery had done, but he really wanted the jury to know that she’s really a sweet person. I’m not kidding. He actually said that!!!!
“The thing that happened here is horrible and we can’t say anything differently about that and wouldn’t even try, but what we’ve tried to express to everybody who would listen is just the sweet person she is,” Duchardt said.
This is a well deserved death penalty.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Absolutely, and the sooner,the better.