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Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19 | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source

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Protesters hold up signs on Prairieton Road across from the Federal Execution Chamber, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Terre Haute, Ind. The execution Brandon Bernard, convicted in the 1999 killing of two youth ministers in Texas is scheduled Thursday at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
December 18, 2020 - 5:14 PM
CHICAGO - A second federal inmate scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday.
The diagnosis of Cory Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin John Higgs confirmed he tested positive at a U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where both men are on death row.

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Second scheduled for execution has COVID

Second scheduled for execution has COVID
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Dec. 19, 2020
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Protesters line a road across from the Federal Execution Chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana.Austen Leake | Tribune-Star (AP)
A second federal prisoner scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday.
The diagnosis of Corey Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin John Higgs confirmed he tested positive at a U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where both men are on death row.

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Second US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for 2019

Lawyers for Cory Johnson on Friday revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19
He's the second death row inmate scheduled for execution next month to contract the virus
Johnson, a crack cocaine dealer convicted of killing seven people in 1992, will be executed on January 14 at a federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana
Dustin John Higgs, who is also on death row at the same prison, was reported to have tested positive on Thursday
Higgs will be put to death one day after Johnson and just five days before death-penalty opponent Joe Biden's inauguration

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With executions in final days of presidency, Trump is solidifying his criminal justice legacy

With executions in final days of presidency, Trump is solidifying his criminal justice legacy
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Trump govt carries out another execution despite objections

Trump govt carries out another execution despite objections
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Explained: Why death row inmate Brandon Bernard's execution sparked controversy | Explained News,The Indian Express

Brandon Bernard was the youngest person in the country to receive the death sentence in almost 70 years for a crime he committed as a teenager.

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US carries out rare execution during presidential transition - Los Angeles Sentinel

US carries out rare execution during presidential transition - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Inside Evil With Chris Cuomo-20191215-08:57:00

for anyone. is my life worth living or isn't it? >> whether he would ultimately face capital punishment was uncertain. california has over 700 inmates on death row. they're far more likely to die of suicide or old age. the state has not executed anyone in over a decade. in fact, the governor just ordered the state's execution chamber to be closed. >> remember, andrew urdiales was a professional death row inmate. he'd been on death row in illinois for years and years and years. and san quentin of the death rows in america, it's not bad. they get their own cell, they get tv. depression was not a big problem. there were no real suicide attempts in his past. so the idea that he wound up in san quentin and suddenly became so depressed that he decided to commit suicide is absolutely not

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190210:02:45:00

the chaplain. he wanted his imam there to make sure he honored his muslim faith as he died. to make sure that the very last words he uttered on earth were a testimony to his faith. the prison warden said no to that. alabama's prison policy is that yes, you can have a member of the clergy there with you when you die when prison staff kill you, but by member of the clergy, they only mean a christian chaplain because the only member of the clergy they allow in the execution chamber is the christian chaplin who is employed by the prison, and they argue this is for security reasons. when dominique found out this would be the circumstances of his death, his lawyer filed a legal challenge. ray and his lawyer said by not allowing the muslim advisor, the christian chaplin, alabama's prosecution procedure treated

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190210:02:47:00

has held is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred over another but the state's policy does just that. under that policy a christian prisoner may have a minister of his faith accompany him to the execution chamber to say his last rights but whether islam, judaism or any other, he may not die with a minister of his faith by his side. that treatment goes against the establishment clause's core principle of denomination neutrality. that dissent from elena okayingen last night. dominique ray was executed in alabama at 10:12 p.m. without his imam in the execution chamber. could have had a chaplain because only christians get their faith leader and last night the supreme court blessed that. it was alabama's first execution of 2019. joining us now is senior editor and legal correspondent at slate.com. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm not a lawyer. i don't know anything about the law.

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