Dustin Higgs, the Last Man to Be Executed in Terre Haute, Maintains His Innocence
Higgs was sentenced to death for his role in a triple murder. A key witness later said the government’s case was “bullshit.”
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.
Dispatches From Trump's Killing Spree
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.
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
In the shadow of Trump’s execution spree, the families of the condemned share a particular trauma that few can understand.
Trump Prepares to Kill Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors Say His Life Should Be Spared
At age 18, Bernard was an accomplice to a murder. Now five jurors who sentenced him to death have changed their minds.
Trump Presses Forward With Execution of Man Convicted by All-White Jury
Orlando Hall, among the first to be condemned under the 1994 Crime Bill, will be the eighth person executed on federal death row this year.
The Hidden Cruelty of Trump's Executions
Less than a week after executing Christopher Vialva in front of his mother and aunt, the DOJ announced it would kill Orlando Hall next.
Trump Prepares to Execute Christopher Vialva for a Crime He Committed as a Teenager
Vialva is the first Black man to face execution during Trump’s killing spree. He is set to die on September 24.
Trump's Execution Spree Continues at Federal Killing Ground in Indiana
More federal executions have been carried out in 2020 than in the past 57 years combined.
Over the Objections of the Navajo Nation, Trump Prepares to Execute Lezmond Mitchell
Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is scheduled to die on August 26. But his case raises red flags.