A federal judge temporarily halted the planned execution of Lisa Montgomery after her attorneys contracted coronavirus. U.S.
District Judge Randolph Moss issued the ruling Thursday from Washington.The move bars the Bureau of Prisons from carrying out the Dec.
8 execution of Montgomery at a prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The lawyers, Kelley Henry and Amy Harwell, tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting Montgomery at a Texas prison last month.The visits included hotel stays and interactions with hotel employees, prison staff and airline personnel, according to court papers.
The lawyers have serious symptoms, said another attorney, Sandra Babcock, in court. Lisa Montgomery was schduled to be executed on Dec.