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US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for coronavirus There are concern about an exploding number of coronavirus cases in the federal prison system and at the federal prison complex where the executions are carried out. Credit: AP In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) Author: MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Published: 5:22 AM EST December 18, 2020 Updated: 5:22 AM EST December 18, 2020 WASHINGTON ...

Execution of death row killer who ordered the murder of three women could be DELAYED because he has coronavirus Dustin John Higgs is scheduled to be executed on January 15, just five days before death-penalty opponent President-elect Joe Biden is to be inaugurated Higgs attorneys confirmed he tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday  Comes amid fears of the rising number of Covid cases in federal prisons 

Federal inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for coronavirus Dustin John Higgs was convicted of ordering the 1996 murders of three women at a federal wildlife center near Beltsville, Md. By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press Share As of Thursday, there were more than 300 inmates with confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., where federal executions are carried out. Michael Conroy/Associated Press, file WASHINGTON — A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes offi...

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 execu...

US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. A newly released report says the U.S. government for the first time has carried out more civil executions in a year than all states combined as President Donald Trump oversaw a resumption of federal executions after a 17-year pause. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) Published December 18. 2020 8:12AM  By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal prisoner scheduled to be execute...