Brandon Bernard was 18 when he was arrested as an accomplice in the 1999 kidnapping and murder of two young ministers in a secluded area of the Fort Hood Military Reserve in Texas. Thursday evening, now 40-year-old Bernard is set to become the youngest person. , Based on the age at which the death penalty is to be carried out by the federal government in approximately seven decades. Of the next five planned federal executions, four of them involved black men, including Bernard; The fifth person, Lisa Montgomery, was the first woman to be hanged by the federal government in nearly 70 years. Already in 2020, the federal government had killed eight people, including the only Native American on the federal death penalty, executed in August as opposed to his tribe, the Navajo Nation. These lawsuits reflect a detachment from this year’s “awareness of racial injustice within our criminal justice system,” said Robert Dunham, managing director of the Center for Impartial Death Penalty Information, which for years was a myth that the federal criminal justice system was far more advanced and beautiful than state court systems, as well as racism. And not affected by sectarianism, “said Dunham. A Death Penalty Information Center report released in September examined the historical context of how the death penalty has been a tool for power over black Americans. Since the reintroduction of the death penalty in the United States in 1977, nearly 300 black defendants have been executed for the murder of a white victim, while only 21 white defendants have been executed for the murder of a black victim, the report said. Earlier this year, the Center noted that the majority of defendants executed by the federal government were whites, and that the victims in those cases were also whites. “These cases illustrate the lives of white victims at the federal level as more important than the lives of black victims, and the lives of defendants of color are more important than anyone else.” Execution resumes The Trump administration and the judiciary, led by Attorney General William Barr, have increased executions since July 17. Annual gap at the federal level – a lack of priority under previous administrations, a combination of concerns about executions and delays caused by extended appeals. In July Bar said those who planned the death were “worst offenders”. The judiciary did not immediately respond to a request for comment. No state has carried out executions since July when Texas did so. Critics argue that the use of the death penalty during an epidemic is unsafe, especially for delegates, their families and groups of delegates and federal executioners who travel to the federal prison in Terre Hott, Indiana, where executions take place when needed by law. Following a federal execution in November, eight members of a 40-member federal execution team later tested positive for Covit-19 and returned to the country, according to a court order issued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons this week in response to a lawsuit filed by two Terra Hot inmates seeking an end to executions. The exact circumstances of how the team members were affected are not detailed, but five of those employees, including Bernard, are expected to take part in separate executions scheduled for this week. A judicial prosecutor said during a federal court hearing on Tuesday that “it is difficult to make even the assumptions that they contracted it during the execution” and that the protocols for the upcoming executions were adequate. Execution Room at the American Prison in Terre Hott, Ind., March 22, 1995. Chuck Robinson / AB file But the number of victims may be high because the trial of members of the execution team is not mandatory, said Cassandra Stubbs, director of the Capital Punishment Program of the American Civil Liberties Union He said. “So, what’s really breathtaking is how the government has caused so many diseases and allows the execution to be done without the need to do these executions now.” The Missouri woman, who was eight months pregnant and carrying an unborn child, was transferred from December to January 12, the date of the initial execution for Montgomery, and was unable to prepare her permit application because her lawyers caught Covid-19. The last of the five upcoming executions is scheduled for January 15, five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who campaigned for legislation to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. Instead, his aides say he supports death row inmates serving life sentences without probation or parole. He told the Bar Associated Press that he could plan more executions before leaving the judiciary. Last month the DOJ revised its execution protocols, paving the way for other methods such as firing and poison gas in addition to the death penalty. This rule comes into effect from December 24. Dunham said the Trump administration was not on track to move forward with its “federal execution” during a lame-duck era. “The sheer hunger to kill prisoners is unprecedented in the history of the modern American presidency,” he added. Change of mind Angela Moore, a former federal attorney for the Western District of Texas, was saved by a news report on the radio as she prepared to work in her bathroom in September: the federal government hanged Christopher Vailva, a black man and a leader linked to the murder of Texas. Moore was the attorney who argued against Bernard’s death sentence. He had thought about him for years, assuming that he would spend the rest of his life on the death penalty because the United States had not executed anyone for nearly two decades. But Bernard would face the same fate if he heard that Vialva had been killed. Christopher Vialva at the Federal Prison Complex in Terre Hot, Ind. There were death warrants for cases like Bernard through Susan Otto’s Cortesi / ABHER name. He questioned whether the death penalty was an excellent deterrent against crime. In these cases, lawyers are looking for penalties that, in part, require them to name themselves and get promoted; Young black men are often referred to by jurors as “dangerous,” but not viewed with humanity; The jurors are left to believe that the criminal justice system and the courts are foolish enough to catch flaws in the case or defense. “I will no longer support the death penalty,” said Moore, who is white and now in private practice. “I felt I had to take responsibility gradually, and I found this man unworthy to die.” She now speaks out against Bernard’s execution. Although Bernard was an adult on The Indianapolis Star in November 1999, he “did not have the ability of an adult to control his impulses, consider alternative actions, or anticipate the consequences of his behavior.” Growing scientific studies indicate that the brains of young people are still developing and maturing in the mid-20s. Brandon Bernard was sentenced to death as an accomplice in the 1999 Texas couple murder case. The culprits in the deaths of Todd and Stacey Buckley were Bernard and Vialva, who married young pastors in white. Vayalva was 19 years old at the time. The other three people involved in the couple’s deaths were not legal adults and did not deserve the death penalty, but were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors say the group devised a plan to intimidate and rob a victim with a gun, and they have come across Bagley, according to documents. Vayalva was identified as the leader and gunman who shot the couple in the head. Bernard was accused of buying lighter fluid and setting the couple’s car on fire with them, although other members of the group testified that he did not. A judge in the Bernard case, Gary McLung Jr., who wrote this week for the Progressive-leaning American Constitutional Association, now regrets agreeing to sentence him to death. “During the interrogation, I realized that Mr. Bernard was a follower who was pressured by his friends to take part in the situation which led to the murders,” McClung said. “I do not think he would have taken part if he had known that the victims would be killed. I do not think he would have taken any action to kill anyone personally.” Bernard’s attorney Rob Owen and four other judges have offered to testify that they no longer support the death penalty in this case. In addition, Owen said the federal government has hidden some evidence that could have changed the outcome of Bernard’s sentence. “Brandon should not be hanged until the courts have fully upheld the constitution of his sentence,” Owen said in a statement Tuesday. Last week a federal judge in Waco denied a decision to suspend the execution, arguing that defense prosecutors had previously denied the 11-hour claims in court. Bagley’s family could not immediately be reached for comment. Dal Bagley’s mother had earlier issued a statement after Vialva’s execution, thanking her son and his wife for bringing justice. “This story focused on Vayalva’s life and the changes he made,” Georgia Bagley said. “It’s not about him and his changed life, but about the victims in this case … Please remember the victims and their families, their lives are shattered and still trying to cope.” ரியாலிட்டி தொலைக்காட்சி ஆளுமை கிம் கர்தாஷியன் வெஸ்ட், ஜனாதிபதி டொனால்ட் ட்ரம்பின் உதவியைக் கோருவதன் மூலம் கிரிமினல் நீதி வழக்குகளில் வெற்றிபெற்றார், பெர்னார்ட்டின் மரணதண்டனை நிறுத்துமாறு கேட்டுக் கொண்ட ஒரு பிரச்சாரத்திற்கு தனது ஆதரவை ட்வீட் செய்தார். 40 வயதான தந்தையான பிராண்டன் பெர்னார்ட் நாளை நமது மத்திய அரசாங்கத்தால் தூக்கிலிடப்பட உள்ளார். பிராண்டனை அறிந்த பிறகு, இந்த மரணதண்டனை குறித்து நான் மனம் உடைந்தேன். பிராண்டனுக்கு ஒரு பரிமாற்றத்தை வழங்கவும், சிறையில் அவரது தண்டனையை வாழ அனுமதிக்கவும் @realDonaldTrump ஐ அழைக்கிறேன். https://t.co/soccUQFmac— கிம் கர்தாஷியன் வெஸ்ட் (im கிம்கர்தாஷியன்) டிசம்பர் 9, 2020 பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களுக்கும் அவர்களது அன்புக்குரியவர்களுக்கும் கொடூரமான குற்றங்களுக்கு பதிலடி கொடுப்பதற்கும் மூடுவதற்கும் உரிமை உண்டு என்பதை மூர் கூறினார். ஆனால் ஒட்டுமொத்த சமுதாயமும், பெர்னார்ட் நீண்டகாலமாக வருத்தத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தியதையும், ஆபத்தான இளைஞர்களுக்கு உதவும் ஒரு மாதிரி கைதியாக தனது வாழ்க்கையை கம்பிகளுக்கு பின்னால் திருப்பியதையும் பார்வையை இழக்கக்கூடாது. “அவர் சிறையில் இருந்த நேரத்தை தனது சமூகத்திற்கு சேவை செய்ய பயன்படுத்தினார் எப்படியாவது ஒரு மனிதனாக மாற்றப்பட்டார், அவர் தூக்கிலிடப்படுவார் என்பதையும், இந்த நல்ல செயல்கள் எதுவும் அவருக்கு ஒரு வித்தியாசத்தையும் ஏற்படுத்தாது என்பதையும் அறிந்தவர், “என்று மூர் கூறினார்.” இந்த நாட்டில் எங்களுக்கு ஒரு இரத்த காமம் இருக்கிறது, “என்று அவர் மேலும் கூறினார்,” நான் இல்லை அது எங்கிருந்து வருகிறது என்று தெரியவில்லை. ”
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