Federal Death Row Executions Raise Red Flags For Advocates
Federal Death Row Executions Raise Red Flags For Advocates By Emily Lever | December 20, 2020, 8:02 PM EST On Dec. 10, Brandon Bernard was executed by the federal government for a crime committed in 1999, over the objections of jurors who sentenced him to die, the prosecutor who defended his conviction on appeal, and a host of public figures and private citizens. On Jan. 14, Corey Johnson is set to be executed over objections that he has an intellectual disability that makes his death sentence unconstitutional, if his attorneys can't convince the courts to put a stop to execu...
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