After a late-night U.S. Supreme Court order rejected his last pending case, Higgs, 48, became the final inmate to be executed under Trump since his administration resumed federal executions in July after a 17-year hiatus.
BALTIMORE — Dustin John Higgs, who was convicted of murdering three women in Prince George’s County in 1996, was executed early Saturday morning, the 13th federal inmate put to death
Harris s father, proud Jamaican, made sure his daughters knew their heritage
Robert Samuels, The Washington Post
Jan. 13, 2021
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1of3Kamala Harris and her sister Maya, far right, spend time with their cousins in Jamaica in an undated photo.Photo courtesy of Kamala HarrisShow MoreShow Less
2of3Donald Harris, who was working on a doctorate in economics at the University of California at Berkeley, holds his daughter Kamala in April 1965.Photo courtesy of Kamala HarrisShow MoreShow Less
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On a summer evening in 1978, Donald Harris took his two young daughters to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif., to their first concert.
Number of Executions in U.S. Falls Despite Push by Trump Administration
States carried out fewer executions in 2020 than in any year since 1983, but the federal government carried out more than it had in over a century.
A protest at the Justice Department against federal executions. The federal government has executed more inmates than the states in 2020.Credit.Nicholas Kamm/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Dec. 16, 2020
WASHINGTON In part because of the effects of the pandemic on the criminal justice system, the number of executions in the United States fell this year to the lowest level since 1991 despite the Trump administration’s revival of the federal death penalty, according to a study released on Wednesday.