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Trump administration carries out rare execution during lame-duck period, with Brandon Bernard given lethal injection
The Trump administration has carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years.
Key points:
- Brandon Bernard received a lethal injection in an Indiana prison
- Kim Kardashian West was among a number of high-profile figures to appeal for President Donald Trump to commute his death sentence
- The last execution that occured during a lame-duck presidential period was in the 1890s
Brandon Bernard, who was a Texas street-gang member involved in the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago, received a lethal injection of phenobarbital at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Four more federal executions are planned in the weeks…
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