What time was Brandon Bernard’s execution?
BRANDON Bernard was put to death on December 10 - more than two decades after he was convicted of murdering two Christian youth ministers in Texas.
Bernard, who was just 18 years old at the time of the crime, and four others were sentenced to death for the 1999 killing.
What time will Brandon Bernard be executed?
The 40-year-old federal prisoner was set to be executed at 5pm CT in Terre Haute, Indiana.
on December 10 and was pronounced dead at 9:27pm CT.
He reportedly addressed the families of his victims, , through the glass window, telling them: "I'm sorry."
"That’s the only words that I can say that completely capture how I feel now and how I felt that day," he added.
According the , Indiana codes establish that the execution of a death row inmate must take place before sunrise on the execution day.
Where was the execution?
The execution took place at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on December 10, 2020.
Advocates called on to commute Bernard’s sentence to life in prison because he was only 18 years at the time of the crime.
Among these, called for the black father not to be executed.
A petition to stop Brandon Bernard from receiving the death penalty also circulated on social media.
Bernard was convicted with four others over the killing of couple Todd and Stacie Bagley in Killen, , in 1999.
Attorneys repeatedly said he did not have a leading role in the crime.
A federal jury found Bernard guilty in 2000 of two counts of murder.
He was then placed on death row and his execution is scheduled to take place today - 21 years after the crime.
In an opinion piece published in the , federal prosecutor Angela Moore wrote that she defended Bernard's death verdict when he was convicted, but she now believes he should live because of his age at the time of the crime.
How is Brandon Bernard being executed?
Brandon Bernard is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
If he is put to death, it would be a rare execution of a person who was in his teens when he committed the crime.
In 1995, a law was passed to make lethal injection the method execution in Indiana.
How many people are on death row in Indiana?
Executions resumed in summer 2020 after having stopped for 17 years.
Bernard's execution would be the ninth by the federal government since the Trump administration resumed implementing capital punishment in July.
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Five more executions are scheduled before Joe Biden's January 20 inauguration.
If all the scheduled executions occur, 13 people will have been executed under the Trump administration, all at the US Penitentiary at Terre Haute.
