US federal judge for Southern District of Indiana, Patrick Hanlon, granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery, the only female on the federal death row in the United States, just one day before the scheduled execution, citing a need to assess the inmate's competence to be execute

The United States on Thursday carried out its second federal execution in 17 years by putting to death a man who suffers from dementia, Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a statement on Thursday

A prominent human rights group has slammed the US federal government for carrying out its first lethal execution of a death row prisoner in 17 years after Daniel Lee was put to death earlier on Tuesday