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Lawyers for a Texas death row inmate say that Comedy Central "roast" footage of him and Jeff Hall was improperly used at his sentencing for murder.
And so it begins. More than 40 Democrat lawmakers have signed a letter written by Squad member Ayana Pressley (D-MA), calling on the next administration to end the federal death penalty. Joe Biden, who once championed the federal death penalty, has recently pledged to end it. In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNN (of course), Pressley refers to the death as “callous disregard for human life.” “The current administration has weaponized capital punishment with callous disregard for human life. In the middle of our current public health crisis, the Department of Justice resum...
Sister Prejean decries federal execution on Human Rights Day The sun sets on the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., May 22, 2019, where death-row inmate Brandon Bernard, who was 18 when he took part in a 1999 double murder in Texas, died by lethal injection Dec. 10 despite eleventh-hour attempts for court intervention. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters) Catholic News Service select Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille, who has worked in prison ministry and against the death penalty for decades, is seen in this 2016 fi...
Brandon Bernard and Alfred Bourgeois: 2 Black men have been executed within two days CNN 12/12/2020 By Christina Carrega, CNN © AP, Getty Images Brandon Bernard left, and Alfred Bourgeois were the ninth and 10th people executed since the Justice Department resumed federal executions in May 2019. Anger over federal executions continued to grow Friday after two Black men died by lethal injection within nearly 24 hours. Alfred Bourgeois was executed the day after Brandon Bernard. Bernard's death sentence was criticized by celebrities and politicians who fought until the end ...
'America's justice system is f***ed up': Kim Kardashian hits out at the execution of Brandon Bernard after SCOTUS denies bid to halt his death and he uses his final words to apologize to his victims' family Kim Kardashian expressed her sadness at the news the federal government had executed Brandon Bernard yesterday, slamming the US justice system She had been calling for a delay to his execution and lead a countdown online Brandon Bernard, 40, received a lethal injection of phenobarbital at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Thursday night He was declared dead at 9.27pm after...