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President Biden on Tuesday rolled out his first slate of judicial nominees, announcing candidates with diverse backgrounds and professional qualifications as he begins to make his own stamp on the nation's district and circuit courts (…

The following is a statement from Shawn Nolan, attorney for Dustin Higgs:

Statement from Attorney for Dustin Higgs in Response to His Execution

The government completed its unprecedented slaughter of 13 human beings tonight by killing Dustin Higgs, a Black…

The United States government has executed thirteen people during the Trump administration, in a span of six months. This is without precedent. Three people have been executed by the federal government in the past 50 years. Until July 2020, the federal government had not executed anyone since…

The United States government has executed thirteen people during the Trump administration, in a span of six months. This is without precedent. Three people have been executed by the federal government in the past 50 years. Until July 2020, the federal government had not executed anyone since…

The government killed Dustin Higgs after the Supreme Court late Friday reversed lower-court orders that had put the execution on hold and drawing strongly worded dissents from two justices (…

The federal government Thursday night executed Corey Johnson despite evidence and arguments he had intellectual disabilities and a federal district court's ruling that the execution would be "…

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was killed by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, and pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday (access…

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered a stay of execution for Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs, both of whom were scheduled to be executed on Thursday and…

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered a stay of execution for Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs, both of whom were scheduled to be executed on Thursday and Friday,…

Maryland, where a federal jury returned a death sentence against Dustin Higgs in 2000, abolished capital punishment in 2013. That led the government to ask the court to amend its prior judgment and direct that Higgs be executed in Indiana, under Indiana law. His execution is set for January 15,…