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)
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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 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON Calling the Dec. 10 federal execution of Brandon Bernard an injustice carried out by the country s criminal justice system, Sister Helen Prejean urged Americans to speak up to stop a series of upcoming executions in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
The sun sets on the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., May 22, 2019, where Brandon Bernard, who was on death row after he took part in a 1999 double murder in Texas at age 18, died by lethal injection Dec. 10, 2020, despite eleventh-hour attempts for court intervention. (CNS/Reuters/Bryan Woolston)
Washington Calling the Dec. 10 federal execution of Brandon Bernard an injustice carried out by the country s criminal justice system, Sr. Helen Prejean urged Americans to speak up to stop a series of upcoming executions in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
The longtime activist against the death penalty also accused President Donald Trump s administration of acting like a wrecking ball against human life in administering the death penalty to demonstrate a strong stance against crime.