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Dustin Higgs, Poughkeepsie native, becomes 13th Trump execution after Supreme Court ruling Heather Yakin, Poughkeepsie Journal
A Poughkeepsie native became the 13th and final person to be executed under President Donald Trump early Saturday morning.
Dustin Higgs, convicted in the 1996 murders of three women in Maryland, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay issued Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
The Supreme Court voted, 6-3, to vacate the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
The 48-year-old became the third person to receive a lethal injection this week at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. In his final statement, Higgs was calm but defiant, mentioning the victims by name.