US death row prisoner Dustin Higgs petitions Trump for clemency

• Higgs to be executed next month for role in 1996 murders
• Lawyers say death sentence arbitrary and inequitable'
• Opinion: Trump is on a literal killing spree

In a last-ditch effort to stay alive, Dustin Higgs, a federal death row prisoner set to be put to death next month as part of the Trump administration's flurry of executions in its final days in office, has petitioned the president for clemency.

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