Kim Kardashian West urges Trump to stay Brandon Bernard execution
4 years ago

Kim Kardashian West urges Trump to stay Brandon Bernard execution

Al Jazeera  

Advocates across the political spectrum call on Trump to commute Bernard’s sentence, citing issues with trial, his age. Advocates on Wednesday denounced the planned execution of Brandon Bernard and called on President Donald Trump to commute Bernard’s sentence to life in prison. West said she would spend the next 24 hours tweeting about Bernard’s case “and why his life should be spared” by Trump. — Brett L. Tolman December 9, 2020 Three other federal executions have been scheduled after Bernard’s, some just days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next month. Bernard’s execution would be the ninth by the federal government since the Trump administration resumed implementing capital punishment in July, ending a 17-year hiatus prompted by questions about execution methods and broader opposition to the practice.

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Kim Kardashian appears to snub Donald Trump after he grants prisoner clemency
3 years, 11 months ago

Kim Kardashian appears to snub Donald Trump after he grants prisoner clemency

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Before Leaving Power, Trump Administration Fights for 1st Execution of a US Woman in Decades
3 years, 11 months ago

Before Leaving Power, Trump Administration Fights for 1st Execution of a US Woman in Decades

News 18  

A legal battle raged Tuesday to decide the fate of a US woman that the government of Donald Trump intends to execute before leaving power, despite doubts about her mental state. If the Republican president’s administration wins, Lisa Montgomery, 52, will receive a lethal injection Tuesday night in Terre Haute, Indiana, and become the first woman to be executed by …

While Three US Supreme Court Judges Dissenting, Execution Of Brandon Bernard Was Carried Out After 21 Years Of Crime
4 years ago

While Three US Supreme Court Judges Dissenting, Execution Of Brandon Bernard Was Carried Out After 21 Years Of Crime

Live Law  

The federal government of the United States of America carried out the execution of 40-year old Brandon Bernard via lethal injection on Thursday, December 10 2020 despite wide spread call for commutation of the death sentence from human rights activists, celebrities, and a large social media campaign. Notably, five of the nine surviving jurors who originally found Bernard guilty as …

Kim Kardashian Shares Some Of Brandon Bernard's Last Words
4 years ago

Kim Kardashian Shares Some Of Brandon Bernard's Last Words

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Kim Kardashian West shared Brandon Bernard’s final message to her on Thursday after the 40-year-old was executed despite high-profile opposition and a flurry of last-minute appeals. — Kim Kardashian West December 11, 2020 The killing went forward even though 5 of 9 surviving jurors who sentenced Bernard to death 20 years ago no longer supported the sentence. …

Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard After Jurors Plead For His Life
4 years ago

Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard After Jurors Plead For His Life

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard on Thursday, his punishment for acting as an accomplice to a crime when he was 18 years old. “Today, the Court allows the Federal Government to execute Brandon Bernard, despite Bernard’s troubling allegations that the Government secured his death sentence by withholding exculpatory evidence and knowingly eliciting false testimony against …

US executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals
4 years ago

US executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals

Al Jazeera  

Bernard was 18 when he was involved in the killings of Todd and Stacie Bagley, who were on their way from church. The United States federal government has executed Brandon Bernard, a Black man from Texas involved in the 1999 killing of a couple, as appeals across several weeks from advocacy groups, jurors and others for a stay to his …

Brandon Bernard Is Scheduled To Be Executed. 5 Jurors Who Sentenced Him Don't Think He Should Die.
4 years, 1 month ago

Brandon Bernard Is Scheduled To Be Executed. 5 Jurors Who Sentenced Him Don't Think He Should Die.

Huff Post  

Brandon Bernard is scheduled to be executed today. “He is not by any measure the offender for whom the average person contemplates the death penalty,” Bernard’s lawyers wrote in his clemency petition. “Ultimately, the father and son team responsible for Brandon’s defense collectively logged just 20% of the preparation time typically spent on a federal capital case, and compressed most …

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