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Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19 by Michael Tarm And Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press Posted Dec 18, 2020 2:07 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT 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 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 ...

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 

Death Row Inmate Gets Coronavirus, But COVID-19 Could Save His Life KEY POINTS He ordered the 1996 murders of three women in Maryland His life could be saved if Biden decides to abolish the death penalty A death row inmate scheduled to be executed four days before Joe Biden's presidential inauguration has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Dustin John Higgs, who was convicted for ordering the murders of three women in Maryland, is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 15 — the last in a series of federal executions ordered by the Trump administration. In January 1996, Higgs and his two friends ...

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...

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