The Democratic Party’s progressive flank is calling to “abolish the death penalty” after Brandon Bernard was executed for his role in the 1999 kidnapping and killing of two ministers. “Abolish the death penalty,” tweeted both Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. Rep. Rashida Tlaib called the practice “legalized murder.”BRANDON BERNARD PUT TO DEATH THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER SUPREME COURT DENIES STAY OF EXECUTION“State sanctioned murder is not justice. has succeeded in only one thing, cementing their legacy of death with a criminal pandemic response & cruel return of the federal death penalty after 17 years,” Pressley wrote on Twitter. Bernard was the ninth inmate put to death since July, when the Trump administration ended a 17-year hiatus on federal executions.

Source: Fox News December 11, 2020 20:26 UTC