The Justice Department broke the law when it rescheduled convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution date to January 12th.

司法部違法將被定罪的殺人犯麗莎-蒙哥馬利的死刑日期改在1月12日。

Montgomery was convicted in 2007 of kidnapping and strangling a pregnant woman to death in Missouri.

蒙哥馬利2007年在密蘇里州被判綁架並勒死一名孕婦。

Montgomery's lawyers say their client has long suffered from severe mental illness and was the victim of sexual assault In November.

蒙哥馬利的律師說，他們的當事人長期患有嚴重的精神疾病，並在11月成為性侵犯的受害者。

The federal judge gave her lawyers until December 24th to file the clemency request and grant in Montgomery a stay of execution until December 31st.

聯邦法官給她的律師在12月24日之前提出寬大處理請求，並在蒙哥馬利準許暫緩執行，直到12月31日。

Then the Bureau of Prisons announced it was rescheduling her execution to January 12th 2021.

然後監獄局宣佈將她的行刑時間改到2021年1月12日。

But the judge on Thursday sided with Montgomery's lawyers, who argued that federal regulations bar the bureau from rescheduling and execution during a stay period.

但法官週四支持蒙哥馬利的律師，他們認為聯邦法規禁止該局在暫緩期間重新安排和執行。