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Over sharp dissents, court intervenes to allow federal government to execute 13th person in six months
US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection
By Michael Tarm & Denise Lavoie
Dustin Higgs executed less than a week before Inauguration Day
By Christina Carrega & Mallika Kallingal
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Supreme Court allows Dustin Higgs' execution over dissents by Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer.
By Mark Joseph Stern
Federal government executes Corey Johnson following prolonged legal fight
By Paul LeBlanc & Christina Carrega