The Trump administration continued its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then killed her by slamming her head against a truck's windows and dashboard. Bourgeois was the 10th federal death-row inmate put to death since federal executions resumed under President Donald Trump in July after a 17-year hiatus. He also prayed one of his lawyers, Shawn Nolan told The Associated Press just hours before the execution. "Up to that point, Bourgeois had lived a life which, in broad outlines, did not manifest gross intellectual deficiencies," the court said. Bourgeois' lawyers didn't argue hat he should have been acquitted or should not have been handed a stiff penalty, just that he shouldn't be executed, Nolan said.

Source: Fox News December 12, 2020 02:15 UTC