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Out for Blood

In the midst of the pandemic, the Trump administration embarked on an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people over the course of six months in the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana.

After Trump’s Execution Spree, Lingering Trauma and a Push for Abolition

Liliana Segura – February 6 2021

As momentum builds to abolish the federal death penalty, the loved ones of those killed in Terre Haute have just started to grieve.

Dustin Higgs, the Last Man to Be Executed in Terre Haute, Maintains His Innocence

Liliana Segura – January 14 2021

Higgs was sentenced to death for his role in a triple murder. A key witness later said the government’s case was “bullshit.”

Dispatches From Trump’s Killing Spree

Paul Abowd, Liliana Segura – January 12 2021

Lisa Montgomery was executed early Wednesday as part of a wave of federal executions in the final months of the Trump administration.

Trump’s Execution Spree Is Not About Him. It’s About Us.

Liliana Segura – January 10 2021

The killings in Terre Haute may look like an aberration, but they are part of a violent tradition that Americans have long accepted.

The Death Penalty’s Other Victims

Liliana Segura – December 26 2020

In the shadow of Trump’s execution spree, the families of the condemned share a particular trauma that few can understand.

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