The U.S. government carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday morning, just four days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty. Five hours after Dustin Higgs, 48, was set to be executed, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority cleared the way for lethal injections to proceed by overturning a stay ordered by a federal.
US To Carry Out 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration US To Carry Out 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration The US Department of Justice plans to execute him with lethal injections of pentobarbital, a powerful barbiturate, at its death chamber in its prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
An activist in opposition to death penalty protests outside of US Penitentiary in Terre Haute.
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The US government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump s administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.
The U.S. government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump s administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.
Ardit Ferizi was held at The Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, Indiana (Photo: Bureau of Prisons)
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo citizen, with fraud and identity theft, accusing him of continuing to commit cybercrimes while he was behind bars serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding Islamic terrorist groups.
Ferizi, 25, has been charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft related to a series of hacking attempts that he committed while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Justice Department says. We allege Ferizi provided access to personal information of U.S. citizens, even as he was serving his prison sentence for providing similar information to ISIS, said David Anderson, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California. Ferizi s alleged criminal conduct continued in prison notwithstanding his petition for an early prison release.
Fourteen of the highest-ranking leaders of the gang MS-13 have been indicted on a series of charges related to terrorism, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.