Killing Lisa: The Life, Crime, and Execution of Lisa Montgomery

When Toby Dorr met Lisa Montgomery in prison, she saw not a headline but a human being--fragile, wounded, desperate for gentleness. Lisa would become the first woman executed by the federal government in nearly seventy years, but Killing Lisa tells the story that came before: a childhood of devastating abuse, a system that looked away, and a mind so shattered by trauma it broke completely. Through their unlikely friendship, Dorr offers a profound reckoning with justice, mercy, and the stories we tell about guilt and goodness. This is both a love letter to a lost friend and a call to see--really see--the whole person.