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Female inmate's execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID

by Heather HollingsworthMichael Tarm
| January 12, 2021 1:06 PM

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government's plans to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades were on hold Tuesday amid a flurry of legal rulings, and two other executions set for later this week were halted because the inmates tested positive for COVID-19.

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