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Since June 28, 2004 January 16, 2021 SCOTUS clear way for 13th federal execution in six months, prompting extended dissents from Justices Breyer and Sotomayor The now familiar federal execution drama has now played out one more time, this time around with Dustin Higgs securing a stay in lower courts only to see the Supreme Court allowing the execution to go forward.  Notably, with this last scheduled federal execution, Justice Beyer and Justice Sotomayor each sought to say their piece in extended dissents.  Justice Breyer's fourt-page dissent starts this way: Last July the Federal Governmen...

Tallying the Trump DOJ's final body count Hannah Riley © Provided by NBC News Last year was, in so many ways, a deadly one. After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the machinery of the federal death penalty groaned back to life in July. As the Covid-19 pandemic hit its summer peak, overwhelming hospitals and killing hundreds every day, the federal government executed Daniel Lewis Lee. Then Wesley Purkey. Then Dustin Honken. Lezmond Mitchell. Keith Nelson. William LeCroy. Christopher Vialva. Orlando Hall. Brandon Bernard. Alfred Bourgeois. Lisa Montgomery. Thursday night, Corey Joh...

Trump Admin Spent Millions Carrying Out Federal Executions In A Pandemic On 1/14/21 at 7:20 AM EST At a time when many Americans were desperate for financial relief, the U.S. government spent millions of taxpayer dollars putting federal inmates to death amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration resumed federal executions last summer, despite criticism over the risks posed by the pandemic. 11 inmates have been put to death since federal execution resumed. Five of them were executed in July and August alone—Daniel Lewis Lee, Wesley Purkey, Dustin Honken, Lezmond Mitchell and Kei...

WE'RE NEAR THE TOP IN DUST, POTHOLES AND BOOGER SUGAR A survey by the Online Betting Guide ranked Tucson the 10th wildest city in the U.S. Using factors like nightlife, casinos, strip clubs and alcohol and drug consumption, Las Vegas finished first. Tucson was fourth in casinos and 13th in the percentage who've taken marijuana. But the Old Pueblo roared back when it came to cocaine use, finishing fifth. CAT FROM HELL A North Carolina animal shelter waived adoption fees hoping someone would take Perdita, the world's worst cat, off their hands. The foul furball dislikes dogs, children, the Dixi...

Inside Donald Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree The outgoing Trump administration is using its final days to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II. US President Donald Trump and US Attorney General William Barr attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria World28/Dec/2020 In its hurry to use its final days in power to execute federal prisoners, the administration of President Donald Trump has trampled over an array of barriers, both legal and practical, according to c...