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US to carry out 13th and final execution under Trump administration
Dustin Higgs was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 for overseeing the kidnapping and murder of three women in Maryland in 1996.PHOTO: AFP
UpdatedJan 16, 2021, 4:10 pm
PublishedJan 16, 2021, 10:29 am SGT
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