The Lightning Farm: The death penalty under Trump and the execution of Dustin Higgs
Harper’s Magazine, May 2021: The Lightning Farm: The death penalty under Trump and the execution of Dustin Higgs
“In July 2020, the Trump Administration resumed federal executions, and in its final seven months killed thirteen people, more than had ever been put to death by the federal government in so brief a period. It was the most in a year since 1896—including an unprecedented five lame-duck killings—and more than all the states combined in the same year, a feat never before achieved. And the undertaking was even more nasty and hurried than the numbers convey, the executions rammed forward at each closed door by an administration that would forever be known for such force.”
Additional reading:
The Marshall Project, March 12, 2021: How Biden Can Reverse Trump’s Death Penalty Expansion
BBC News, January 16, 2021: In Trump’s final days, a rush of federal executions
The Intercept, January 14, 2021: Dustin Higgs, the Last Man to Be Executed in Terre Haute, Maintains his Innocence
