A united States jury has recommended the death penalty for a woman convicted of killing an expectant mother and cutting out her unborn chlid.
The jury, in the state of missouri, had rejected Lisa Montgomery’s plea that she been delusional when she killed Bobbie Jo Stinnett and stole the baby. The jury spent five hours delierating its recommendation, judge Gary Fenner said he would abide by the decision.
Montgomery, 39 was convicted on monday of killing Bobbie Jo Stinnett in 2004. The baby, a girl survived and was later returned to her father.