Dustin Higgs was executed days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who says he will work to end the federal death penalty. (PHOTO PROVIDED BY COUNSEL FOR DUSTIN HIGGS)
The 48-year-old Maryland man maintained his innocence up until his death. He was the 13th and final person executed during Trump’s term.
By Melissa Jeltsen and Jessica Schulberg, HuffPost
The Trump administration executed Dustin Higgs, 48, early Saturday morning, shortly after the Supreme Court lifted a stay from a lower court.
The government killed Higgs with a lethal injection of pentobarbital, over objections by his lawyers that lung damage from his recent bout of COVID-19 could make the execution extraordinarily painful. They had asked that the execution be delayed until his lungs recovered.