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Donald Trump’s administration continues post-election federal executions as truck driver Alfred Bourgeois put to death
The Trump administration continued its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions on Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter in 2002 before killing her.
Key points:
- Alfred Bourgeois was the 10th federal inmate to be put to death after executions resumed under Donald Trump’s presidency
- The last time the number of civilians executed federally was in the double digits in a year was in 1896
- Bourgeois’ lawyer said the “rush” of executions during the pandemic “makes absolutely no sense”
Alfred Bourgeois, 56, was pronounced dead at 8:21pm Eastern US time after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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