Dustin Higgs Clemency Video

A 22-minute clemency film. Color. 2016.

Dustin Higgs was convicted in 2000 of the murder of three Maryland women on federal land in Prince George’s County. Dustin was sentenced to death under the federal system despite the fact that he was an accomplice to the crime and not the trigger man. The trigger man, Willis Mark Haynes, was sentenced to life plus 45 years in prison. Dustin was executed on January 16, 2021.

Dustin maintained his innocence until his death. In he said his last words he said, "I'd like to say I am an innocent man," he said, mentioning the three women by name. "I did not order the murders," the report said.