The attorneys of a federal death row inmate have announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus a few weeks ahead of his January execution.
Dustin John Higgs was on death row since 1996 after being convicted of a triple murder and his defense team has been concerned he may contract the virus at the FCI Terre Haute in Indiana.
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There are more than 300 coronavirus cases at the facility with the Bureau of Prisons confirming that death row a number of death row inmates have tested positive for the illness.
Higgs, whose execution is set for January 15, will be the last federal death row inmate to be put to death Before Biden’s inauguration.
The President-elect promised to abolish the capital sentence for federal inmates.
