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    A Dispatch From Federal Death Row

    Days before Daniel Lewis Lee became the first federal prisoner executed in 17 years, fellow death row resident Billie J. Allen wrote about the shared terror of wondering who’s next.
    by Billie J. Allen Jul 17, 2020 3 minutes

    My name is Billie J. Allen, and I'm one of the men on federal death row at Terre Haute in Indiana. I have been here for over 23 years. For the past 17, there have been no federal executions.

    Until now.

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    I am writing this on Saturday, July 11, two days before the

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