U.S. seeks to vacate stay of execution for 2 inmates who had COVID-19
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Jan. 13 (UPI) The Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a stay of execution issued for two men scheduled to die this week, one of whom also sought relief from the punishment because of intellectual disability.
Lawyers for the federal government asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to vacate a stay issued by a lower court Tuesday.
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District Judge Tanya Chutkan of the District of Columbia blocked the executions of Corey Johnson on Thursday and Dustin Higgs on Friday because it s unclear how much COVID-19 may have damaged their lungs. Unless a higher court overturns her ruling, Chutkan s injunction is in effect though March 16.
Judge stays executions of two federal inmates with COVID-19
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Jan. 12 (UPI) A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Justice Department from executing two death row inmates this week as they recover from COVID-19.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan of the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction in effect through March 16 in the executions of Dustin Higgs and Corey Johnson. The inmates lawyers asked for stays after their clients came down with the novel coronavirus in December.
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Johnson, 52, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., for his role in a Richmond Va., drug gang tied to 10 murders.
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Federal death row inmate Corey Johnson on Friday asked an appeals court to issue a stay of execution allowing his attorneys to argue in court that he s intellectually disabled and thus shouldn t be put to death.
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