Trump admin carries out final execution

By Michael Kunzelman and Michael Tarm
Updated January 16 2021 - 5:49pm, first published 5:46pm
Dustin Higgs has become the 13th and final person executed in the US federally under the Trump admin
Dustin Higgs has become the 13th and final person executed in the US federally under the Trump admin

The Trump administration has carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden - an opponent of the federal death penalty.

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