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FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The most prominent step on the death penalty by an administration led by a president who pledged during campaigning to eradicate capital punishment came this week when it asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence. (FBI via AP, File)
Biden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

By Michael Tarm Jun. 18, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 15, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
South Bend Tribune. June 11, 2021. Editorial: An irresponsible, but not surprising, decision on public health in southern Indiana ...

Federal trials expected to resume in Indiana district

Feb. 13, 2021 09:03 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal jury trials suspended last fall amid a surge in coronavirus cases are expected to resume in April in all divisions of the Southern...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Feb. 12, 2021 03:12 PM EST
Connecticut Post. February 10, 2021. Editorial: Lamont’s budget an encouraging first step in a long process As he...

Christina Bollo of Urbana, Illinois, holds a sign as she protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty

By Michael Tarm Feb. 07, 2021 07:45 AM EST

Abe Bonowitz, co-director of Death Penalty Action, talks about the efforts to stop the death penalty during the protest of the execution of Corey Johnson, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

By Michael Tarm, Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 06, 2021 12:53 AM EST

In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. A newly released report says the U.S. government for the first time has carried out more civil executions in a year than all states combined as President Donald Trump oversaw a resumption of federal executions after a 17-year pause. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

By Michael Tarm, Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 06, 2021 12:51 AM EST

Christina Bollo of Urbana, Illinois, holds a sign as she protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

By Michael Tarm, Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 05, 2021 05:53 PM EST

Abe Bonowitz, co-director of Death Penalty Action, talks about the efforts to stop the death penalty during the protest of the execution of Corey Johnson, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

By Michael Tarm, Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 05, 2021 05:43 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Feb. 02, 2021 02:00 PM EST
Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Jan. 29, 2021. Editorial: Reaching deeper to find and help the vulnerable The phrase “fall...

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. All federal prisons in the United States have been placed on lockdown, with officials aiming to quell any potential violence that could arise behind bars as law enforcement prepares for potentially violent protests across the country in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Feds withheld info on virus cases following executions

By Michael Balsamo And Michael Tarm Jan. 27, 2021 06:10 PM EST

This 2015 photo provided by Shawn Nolan Chief, Capital Habeas Unit Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, shows Dustin Higgs at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Ind. Higgs, the last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996. Higgs is scheduled to be executed on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. ((Federal Bureau of Prisons/Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania via AP))
Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

By Michael Tarm And Michael Kunzelman Jan. 15, 2021 09:25 AM EST

US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month

Jan. 14, 2021 11:37 PM EST
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month. ...

At a protest of the execution of Corey Johnson, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Charles Keith, of Canton, Ohio, holds a sign with all of the mugshots of the 10 men and one woman who have been executed by the federal government since July 14, 2020. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection

By Michael Tarm And Denise Lavoie Jan. 13, 2021 11:45 PM EST

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Corey Johnson, A federal inmate scheduled to be executed less than a week before President Donald Trump leaves office was a gang member who was sentenced to death for killing seven people in Richmond, Virginia in 1992. Johnson is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Drug dealer convicted in 7 killings could face execution

By Denise Lavoie Jan. 13, 2021 07:06 PM EST

FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. An appeals court granted a stay of execution Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, for Montgomery, convicted of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in 2004. (Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP, File)
US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

By Michael Tarm And Heather Hollingsworth Jan. 13, 2021 02:18 AM EST

Death penalty opponent Wes Janz, of Indianapolis, holds up a sign for passing motorists to read as he and others protest the scheduled execution of Lisa Montgomery, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. An appeals court granted a stay of execution Tuesday for Montgomery, convicted of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in 2004. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

By Michael Tarm And Heather Hollingsworth Jan. 11, 2021 11:45 PM EST

FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery who In 2004, killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled on Jan. 12, 2021, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP)
Woman set to die for killing woman, cutting baby from womb

By Heather Hollingsworth Jan. 11, 2021 11:48 AM EST

A worker receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot at Franciscan Health Crown Point, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in Crown Point, Ind. Region hospitals are providing shots to frontline healthcare workers as the vaccine is being initially distributed in the area. (Kale Wilk/The Times via AP)
Vaccine delivered to prison where feds carry out executions

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 30, 2020 01:15 PM EST

Protesters hold up signs on Prairieton Road across from the Federal Execution Chamber, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Terre Haute, Ind. The execution Brandon Bernard, convicted in the 1999 killing of two youth ministers in Texas is scheduled Thursday at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19

By Michael Tarm And Michael Balsamo Dec. 18, 2020 02:07 PM EST