A judge granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery, slated to be the first woman executed by the US federal government in almost 70 years, on mental health grounds.
BALTIMORE — As with many death row inmates, the final days before Dustin John Higgs’ scheduled execution Friday are marked by a flurry of last-minute legal appeals to spare his
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The Trump administration is charging ahead with plans for three back-to-back executions this week, even though two of the condemned prisoners are sick with COVID-19 and multiple courts have objected to the government’s aggressive maneuvers.
Despite outstanding legal obstacles in all three cases, the executions remain on the calendar. The three prisoners’ fate will ultimately be decided by President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court. Neither has intervened to stop the 10 executions carried out since July.
BALTIMORE — As with many death row inmates, the final days before Dustin John Higgs’ scheduled execution Friday are marked by a flurry of last-minute legal appeals to spare his