COVID-19 outbreaks found among execution staff as Trump administration rushes death penalties

Several staff members carrying out executions of death row inmates contracted the coronavirus, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Eight people who took part in the execution of convicted murderer Orlando Hall on Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Indiana, tested positive for the virus. Five of them will take part in other executions this week as the Trump administration scrambles to carry out death sentences in the home stretch of his presidency, according to the Associated Press.