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.