Brandon Bernard, who was put on death row for his involvement in a burglary-turned-murder in 1999, was executed on Thursday, December 10, after Kim Kardashian made an appeal to President Donald Trump to allow Bernard to stay his sentence in prison.
The Supreme Court denied the last-minute appeal from his legal team and Bernard was given a lethal injection of phenobarbital at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Bernard used his final words to apologize to the families of Todd and Stacie Bagley and said “I’m sorry.”
“That’s the only words that I can say that completely capture how I feel now and how I felt that day.”
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???I’m so messed up right now.
They killed Brandon.
He was such a reformed person. So hopeful and positive until the end. More importantly he is sorry, so sorry for the hurt and pain he has caused others.— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 11, 2020
Brandon wanted me to tell every single person who worked on his behalf supporting him in any way a huge thank you. He was certain he was gonna have the chance to tell you all himself and write you all letters but he told me to tell you all how grateful he is for you!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 11, 2020
The most important thing to him that he said was a gift to his mom, sister, daughters and family was the validation the public support gave to his family. His family knew him inside and knew he wasn’t his mistake he made as a teenager but he was sad his family felt shame.
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 11, 2020
With the public support he felt the shame could go away and it validated him to his family that the world also knew he was better then his teenage self.
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 11, 2020
Georgia Bagley, who is Todd’s mother said that the apology “helped very much to heal my heart” and forgave Bernard, but “It has been very difficult to wait 21 years for the sentence that was imposed by the judge and jury on those who cruelly participated in the destruction of our children to be finally completed.”
Five of the nine jury members regret their verdict in the case, and even federal prosecutor Angela Moore had a change of heart, and wrote in an op-ed that there’s more understanding now on how an 18-year-old brain is not fully developed.
via: OK! Magazine
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