Indianapolis Star
Brandon Bernard was executed by lethal injection Thursday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, despite a flurry of last-minute appeals by his lawyers. He was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m.
Bernard, 40, was convicted in 2000 of two counts of murder and other offenses for his role in the 1999 kidnapping, robbery and murder of an Iowa couple in Killeen, Texas. His execution was scheduled in October, just months after the Trump administration ended a 17-year hiatus on federal executions.
“Tonight, those of us who love Brandon Bernard and we are many are full of righteous anger and deep sadness at the actions of the federal government in taking his life, Robert Owen, one of Bernard s lawyers, said in a prepared statement. Brandon’s life mattered. To us, his legal team; to his two beautiful and talented daughters; to his mother, brother, and sister; and to the countless people around the country who came to know him and his story in recent
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This is not the first time Kardashian has shone some light on the case. In November, she wrote: While Brandon did participate in this crime, his role was minor compared to that of the other teens involved … In fact, Brandon was not a part of the initial carjacking that took place and was stunned when the robbery turned into a homicide with one of the other teens shooting both Todd and Stacie in the head.
Article continues below advertisement The gunman then turned to Brandon, gun still in hand, and told him to light the car Todd and Stacie lay in on fire to destroy the evidence, she added. Brandon believed both were dead, though Stacie was not, and was fearful for his own life, so he made the terrible decision to comply.