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Jury OKs Death For Woman

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The Associated Press

Published: October 27, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal jury decided Friday that a woman convicted of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb should receive the death penalty.
Jurors deliberated more than five hours before recommending the sentence for Lisa Montgomery. Judge Gary Fenner will sentence Montgomery, but he had told jurors he was obligated to abide by their recommendation. A sentencing date has not been set.

Montgomery, 39, was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing Bobbie Jo Stinnett on Dec. 16, 2004, in the victim's home in Skidmore, Mo. She was arrested the next day in Melvern, Kan., where she was showing off the newborn as her own.

Montgomery wiped her eyes with a tissue as she left the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

U.S. Attorney John Wood said he was confident justice had been served.

Montgomery's attorney, Fred Duchardt, said he was saddened by the result.

'Obviously the jury had a hard time getting past the gravity of the offense,' he said. 'Lisa is a fragile, wonderful person. She is heartsick over what happened to Bobbie Jo and her mother and her family.'

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