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December 14, 2020

U.S. Gov't Continues Execution Spree with Alfred Bourgeois, Despite His Intellectual Disability
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Back in the U.S., the federal government has executed another man.
Fifty-six-year-old Alfred Bourgeois, a Louisiana truck driver, was put
to death by lethal injection Friday, one day after the execution of
another Black man, Brandon Bernard. Bourgeois had an intellectual
disability, which should have prohibited his execution. But an
application to the Supreme Court for a stay was denied earlier Friday.
He was sentenced over the 2004 abuse and murder of his 2-year-old
daughter. Bourgeois is the 10th federal death row inmate to be executed
since Trump revived the practice in July. There are three more
executions planned for January before Trump leaves office.

In related news, the American Institute of Architects said it is
instituting new ethics rules that will bar members from designing spaces
for executions or torture, including long-term solitary confinement.


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