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Higgs was born in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]],[{{cite news|first=Liliana|last=Segura|title=Dustin Higgs, the last man to be executed in Terre Haute, maintains his innocence|url=https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/dustin-higgs-federal-executions-death-penalty/|work=[[The Intercept]]|date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230611181211/https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/dustin-higgs-federal-executions-death-penalty/|archive-date=June 11, 2023}}] on March 10, 1972,[{{cite tweet|author=AlexaMarie|user=Cavewoman2769|number=1355215488889061376|title=My brother #DustinHiggs is finally laid to rest. Thanks to everyone who supported him. The battle to prove his innocence continues!!!!}}] to Alfonso Higgs and Marilyn M. Bennett Higgs.[{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/194702182|title=Dustin Higgs Clemency Video|website=Off Center Media|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=January 1, 2021}}] When Dustin was 8, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. She died two years later, in 1982. Friends and relatives saw a big change in his mood after this.[{{cite web|url=http://www.savedustinjhiggs.com/|title=Save Dustin J. Higgs|website=savedustinjhiggs.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116072421/http://www.savedustinjhiggs.com/|archive-date=January 16, 2021}}] He moved to [[Laurel, Maryland]] in 1991.[{{cite news|first=Gail|last=Gibson|title=Killer to get death penalty|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-01-03-0101030047-story.html|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=January 3, 2001|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230611211949/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-01-03-0101030047-story.html|archive-date=June 11, 2023}}] By 1996, he was married and had a son.[{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Allen|title=At the funeral of man executed by U.S., family prays it is the last of its kind|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-funeral-idUSKBN29Z04B|work=[[Reuters]]|date=January 30, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131053700/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-funeral-idUSKBN29Z04B|archivedate=January 31, 2021|url-status=live}}] |
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Higgs was born in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]],[{{cite news|first=Liliana|last=Segura|title=Dustin Higgs, the last man to be executed in Terre Haute, maintains his innocence|url=https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/dustin-higgs-federal-executions-death-penalty/|work=[[The Intercept]]|date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230611181211/https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/dustin-higgs-federal-executions-death-penalty/|archive-date=June 11, 2023}}] on March 10, 1972,[{{cite tweet|author=AlexaMarie|user=Cavewoman2769|number=1355215488889061376|title=My brother #DustinHiggs is finally laid to rest. Thanks to everyone who supported him. The battle to prove his innocence continues!!!!}}] to Alfonso Higgs and Marilyn M. Bennett Higgs.[{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/194702182|title=Dustin Higgs Clemency Video|website=Off Center Media|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=January 1, 2021}}] When Dustin was 8, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. She died two years later, in 1982. Friends and relatives saw a big change in his mood after this.[{{cite web|url=http://www.savedustinjhiggs.com/|title=Save Dustin J. Higgs|website=savedustinjhiggs.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116072421/http://www.savedustinjhiggs.com/|archive-date=January 16, 2021}}] He moved to [[Laurel, Maryland]], in 1991.[{{cite news|first=Gail|last=Gibson|title=Killer to get death penalty|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-01-03-0101030047-story.html|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=January 3, 2001|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230611211949/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-01-03-0101030047-story.html|archive-date=June 11, 2023}}] By 1996, he was married and had a son.[{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Allen|title=At the funeral of man executed by U.S., family prays it is the last of its kind|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-funeral-idUSKBN29Z04B|work=[[Reuters]]|date=January 30, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131053700/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-funeral-idUSKBN29Z04B|archivedate=January 31, 2021|url-status=live}}] |
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