after convicted murderers Lisa Marie Montgomery and Corey Johnson. Next came Orlando Hall, followed by Brandon. Dustin John Higgs (Ma January 16, 2021) was an American man who was executed. Billie Allen, center, with his friends on federal death row who were executed, from left: Orlando Hall, Corey Johnson, Dustin Higgs, Brandon Bernard and Christopher Andre Vialva. He awaits his fate in federal detention in Indiana. Now I have to find a way to keep fighting. Higgs, 48, is the 13th federal inmate to. This fact has led to local politicians speaking out on his behalf as recently as last week, and to Higgs' petition for clemency from Trump just 4 days ago. The United States executed Dustin Higgs early Saturday for his role in the 1996 kidnapping and murders of three women. Higgs' conviction, as an accomplice to three 1996 murders, hinged on the testimony of a single witness (who received a deal in exchange for his cooperation). The USCCB itself spoke out against executions in July 2019, when the resumption of federal executions was announced, and in Summer 2020, when they began. Three bishops, including Gregory, wrote an anti-execution op-ed in America Magazine around this time last year. “While we recognize that your powers as Governor of Maryland do not extend to federal death penalty cases, we urge you to intervene with the Trump Administration to ask that this execution be stopped.” The Maryland bishops are also asking Republican Governor Larry Hogan-a Catholic-to assist them in promoting the dignity of life via "alternative sentences". This focus is presumably due to Higgs being from Maryland. an update: corey johnsons and dustin higgs executions are scheduled for TONIGHT and TOMORROW, respectively. Unlike the USCCB statement, however, Maryland's bishops opted not to protest the two scheduled federal executions preceding Higgs: that of Lisa Montgomery (who would be the first woman executed by the government in 67 years), and Corey Johnson-who, like Higgs, has COVID. Corey Johnson’s intellectual disabilities made his execution unconstitutional, and prosecutors readily admit that Dustin Higgs did not kill the women for whose death he is scheduled to be executed. Their letter, signed by two of the nation's five active Black bishops (DC's Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell), follows a similar statement issued by the USCCB earlier this month.
Maryland's Catholic bishops have come out against an upcoming execution by the Trump administration ( newly bereft of Bill Barr), directly urging the President to act now to stop the killing of Dustin Higgs scheduled for January 15th. Corey Johnson was executed by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, and was pronounced dead at 11:34 p.m.
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