Trump administration puts Brandon Bernard to death amid rushed series of executions

The Trump administration has executed Brandon Bernard, after the US supreme court denied a last-minute request to delay his killing. Bernard’s execution is one of five that the Trump administration is rushing through before Joe Biden takes office.

The execution on Thursday night was the ninth federal execution since since July, when Donald Trump ended a 17-year hiatus in federal executions, and the first during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years.

Bernard’s legal team had requested that the court grant them an additional two weeks to build up a petition to save his life, as activists and legal experts have warned that he was being wrongfully executed.