On the evening of January 26, 1996, Higgs, Willis Haynes, and Victor Gloria drove from Higgs' apartment in Laurel, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., to pick up Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn. ![]() Friends and relatives saw a big change in his mood after this. When Dustin was 8, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Higgs was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on March 10, 1972, to Alfonso Higgs and Marilyn M. It was imposed by President Joe Biden'sĪttorney General Merrick Garland in 2021. A moratorium on federal executions is currently in place. Higgs remains the most recent person executed by the United States federal government. Trump's presidency ended only four days later. ![]() Higgs was executed via lethal injection on January 16, 2021, becoming the thirteenth and final person executed by the federal government during the presidency of Donald Trump, when federal executions returned after a 17-year hiatus. In 2012, Haynes swore in an affidavit that Higgs did not force or threaten him into killing any of the victims. Higgs and his defense team maintained his innocence to the end, arguing that although he was involved, he was merely a witness, and was set up by Haynes and another witness, Victor Gloria. The prosecution argued that although Higgs did not kill anyone, he was the ringleader, ordering and bullying Haynes. The man who shot them, Willis Mark Haynes, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus 45 years. The main contention was that Higgs did not personally kill any of the three victims, but waited in a vehicle nearby. His case, conviction, and execution were the subject of multiple controversies. Because this is classed as federal land, he was tried by the federal government rather than by the state of Maryland. Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn were all shot and killed near the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, on the Patuxent Research Refuge in Prince George's County, Maryland. § 841)ĭustin John Higgs (Ma– January 16, 2021) was an American man who was executed by the United States federal government, having been convicted and sentenced to death in 2000 for his role in the January 1996 murders of three women in Maryland. Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. Use of a firearm during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. ![]() He has two children: Donte, a senior at Michigan State University and Khalea, a sophomore at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.USP Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.įirst degree murder (18 U.S.C. Richard’s passions are the environment, education and social justice. He served as a unit leader and island coordinator with the Governor General’s Youth Award for over 20 years and has been a Board member and volunteer with Friends of the Environment since 2004. He helped to write the Bahamian Marine Science curriculum, chaired the Abaco Education awards committee, and served as a Zone Leader for the National Food Distribution Task Force. Born and raised in Michigan, he has been living and teaching in the Caribbean since 1995. Bootle High School as well as in Jamaica and Haiti. He served as the Principal of Forest Heights Academy in Marsh Harbour, Abaco for 14 years. He has also taught at the Bimini All Age School and S. James Richard is the Chief Operations Officer for the One Eleuthera Foundation and the Center for Training and Innovation in Rock Sound, Eleuthera.
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