The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in almost 70 years, setting a Dec. 8 date to put to death Lisa Montgomery, convicted of a 2004 murder.

A murderer who's set to become the first woman executed on death row in Tennessee for 200 years reportedly revealed why she committed her crime. Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the 19th woman in modern American history to be put to death for her crimes, following her execution, which has recently been scheduled for September 2026.

Here's when, where and how Roy Lee Ward, the killer of Spencer County girl Stacy Payne, will be executed this week.