HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Dec 18, 2020 07:31 AM EST A prisoner scheduled for death row is positive for COVID-19 and whose execution will be before President Trump's end term. The lawyer told the press before the scheduled execution. During a court hearing, the Bureau of Prisons told the defense attorneys for Dustin Higgs last Thursday. Devon Porter, the convict's attorney, told the court during a hearing. It comes as more prisoners are getting infected by the coronavirus in many prisons of the federal system. One such place is the Terre Haute, Indiana, with facilities to carry out executions. No other jail is best equipped to carry out death sentences, reported AP News.