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The sole federal execution chamber in the United States is in a place called Terre Haute the high ground in far western Indiana, named for a swath of land that rises above the nearby Wabash River. The surrounding country is in fact flat and wide, precipitously exposed to the sky.
The prison complex south of downtown via Route 150, past the dome and bell tower of the Vigo County courthouse, and after the Tire Barn on Spring Hill Road comprises the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution and the maximum-security U.S. Penitentiary, the home of the Special Confinement Unit: death row and the death house, a low, windowless building of dark-red brick on the northern edge of the grounds.
At the funeral of man executed by U.S., family prays it is the last of its kind
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (Reuters) - By the grave dug for Dustin Higgs, the 13th and final prisoner executed by former President Donald Trump’s administration, a woman began to wail, doubling over and stomping her right foot as his coffin was lowered into the frozen ground.
Alexa Cave grieves for her brother Dustin Higgs, the 13th and final prisoner executed by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, with family members leaving his graveside in Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Dustin Higgs was executed days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who says he will work to end the federal death penalty. (PHOTO PROVIDED BY COUNSEL FOR DUSTIN HIGGS)
The 48-year-old Maryland man maintained his innocence up until his death. He was the 13th and final person executed during Trump’s term.
By Melissa Jeltsen and Jessica Schulberg, HuffPost
The Trump administration executed Dustin Higgs, 48, early Saturday morning, shortly after the Supreme Court lifted a stay from a lower court.
The government killed Higgs with a lethal injection of pentobarbital, over objections by his lawyers that lung damage from his recent bout of COVID-19 could make the execution extraordinarily painful. They had asked that the execution be delayed until his lungs recovered.
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