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January 19, 2021

Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs Are 12th & 13th Federal Prisoners Executed Under Trump
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The Trump administration executed Dustin Higgs early on Saturday, two
days after it executed Corey Johnson. The two Black men were the 12th
and 13th persons to be put to death after the Trump administration
brought back the federal death penalty last year. Six of the executions
occurred since the November election. On Friday, Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor criticized what she called the administration's
"unprecedented, breakneck timetable of executions." President-elect Joe
Biden is expected to halt federal executions once in office.


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