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The Trump administration early Saturday carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden — an opponent of the federal death penalty.
Dustin Higgs, Poughkeepsie native, becomes 13th Trump execution after Supreme Court ruling Heather Yakin, Poughkeepsie Journal A Poughkeepsie native became the 13th and final person to be executed under President Donald Trump early Saturday morning. Dustin Higgs, convicted in the 1996 murders of three women in Maryland, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay issued Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The Supreme Court voted, 6-3, to vacate the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The 48-year-old...
Share on Twitter The Trump administration has carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden - an opponent of the federal death penalty. Dustin Higgs, convicted in the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996, was the third to receive a lethal injection this week at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. President Donald Trump's Justice Department resumed federal executions last year following a 17-year hiatus. No president in more than 120 years ha...
The last federal inmate facing execution before Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of women in a Maryland wildlife refuge.
The last federal inmate facing execution before Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of women in a Maryland wildlife refuge.