<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/u-s-to-carry-out-2/"></div>TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Reuters) – The U.S. government intends to carry out the 13th and final execution under President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty. Dustin Higgs, 48, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/u-s-to-carry-out-2/"></div><! AddThis Sh
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted 2-1 on Wednesday to overturn a lower court s ruling delaying the executions of Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs.
A U.S. appeals court ordered that the last two scheduled federal executions under President Donald Trump's outgoing administration could proceed on Thursday and Friday, overturning a stay from a lower court delaying them until March to allow the two condemned men to recover.