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Maryland man executed for 1996 triple murder Nearly 2,000,000 people signed a petition asking the federal government not to execute Dustin Higgs, who was convicted of ordering the murder of three DC women. Author: Bruce Leshan Updated: 7:11 AM EST January 16, 2021 BELTSVILLE, Md. A Maryland man became the 13th and likely final person put to death by the Trump administration since it restarted federal executions in 2020. Dustin Higgs lawyer, Shawn Nolan, told WUSA9 he was hopeful the Supreme Court would refuse to lift a stay but the court has allowed 12 other executions to go forward in the last six months. The Trump administration is asked the Supreme Court to let his execution move forward. Around 11 p.m. Friday, the Supreme Court allowed Higgs execution to move forward in a brief, unsigned ruling. ....
By Janet Post January 25, 2021 Reuters/Bryan WoolstonJan. 12 protest at Terre Haute, Indiana, federal prison against execution of Lisa Montgomery. Opponents of death penalty are fighting to prevent two more scheduled executions. Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row in the U.S., was executed by lethal injection at 1:31 a.m. on Jan. 13. The Supreme Court vacated three different stays by appeals courts, including an order for a competency hearing to determine whether she was mentally fit to be executed. Only five women had ever been executed by the federal government before Montgomery, including Ethel Rosenberg, framed up during the anti-communist witch hunt and executed in 1953 on charges of conspiring to commit espionage. ....
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 ....