Posted on 12/11/2020 6:07:43 AM PST by Red Badger
Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. government on Friday plans to execute a man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter nearly two decades ago.
Alfred Bourgeois, 55, is set to receive lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. He's awaiting a Supreme Court decision on his request for a stay.
His attorneys said Bourgeois' execution would be unconstitutional because he is intellectually disabled and can't understand his punishment. They submitted evidence of IQ test scores of 70 and 75, as well as assessments by experts.
The Eighth Amendment bans executing people with such impairments as cruel and usual punishment.
The request for a stay comes one day after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Bourgeois' application for a stay and denied his petition for a rehearing.
Bourgeois was among the first inmates slated for death last year when Attorney General William Barr announced the resumption of federal executions after a 17-year hiatus. A federal judge stayed his execution in March, saying his lawyer made a strong case for his intellectual disability.
Bourgeois was convicted in 2004 of capital murder for the 2002 death of his daughter in Corpus Christi, Texas. Prosecutors said the girl died when Bourgeois became angry with her for turning over her potty training chair in the cab of his 18-wheeler and slammed her head into the vehicle's window.
Investigators said he regularly physically and sexually abused the toddler before her death. Bourgeois said he was innocent of the child's death and blamed her mother.
If executed, Bourgeois would become the 10th federal death row inmate to be executed since July.
The last time a single presidential administration held that many executions was under President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s. The 34th president executed 10 people -- including the Rosenbergs, who were convicted of espionage -- over a seven-year period.
The U.S. Justice Department executed Brandon Bernard on Thursday and plans hold three more executions before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20. Orlando Hall was executed Nov. 19, more than a week after Biden was projected to win the presidency.
A group of anti-death penalty advocates protested the resumption of federal executions Thursday in a series of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and Terre Haute. Death Penalty Action spokeswoman Allison Cohen told UPI that activists were especially concerned that executions were taking place after Trump lost his re-election bid.
Hall's execution last month was the first to happen during the transition of a presidency since 1880 under the administration of President Grover Cleveland.
"It's crazy that we are executing our federal death row prisoners during the lame-duck session," Cohen said, calling the effort "politically motivated."
Same as IQ in the RAT Party.
I don’t believe that..................
The innocent child went straight to the loving arms of Jesus.
Why did this make it to the Supreme Court?
If there isn’t any new evidence or some sort of screw up at the initial trial, then deny the appeal.
He operated a rig.
No way someone with an IQ of 75 can do that.
That and IQ tests are racist so should never be administered to even know what his IQ is supposed to be.
Or a Big Tech CEO...................
Funny how IQ only matters when it comes to the death penalty.
Otherwise, there is “no such thing as IQ” according to the media, government and especially the education system.
Meaning if any student fails, especially a POC student, it is the fault of “systemic racism” not his own shortcomings.
Oh wait...too late... he got the needle:
BRANDON BERNARD EXECUTED IN INDIANA Despite Pleas From Kim K
Sick of these murderers defended by stupid celebrities. ,
Actually you’re correct....my IQ is 61.
“...The Eighth Amendment bans executing people with such impairments as cruel and usual punishment.”
“For 2nd straight day, U.S. gov’t to execute federal prisoner on Friday.”
Who writes these headlines?
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People with the same IQ as the subject of the article.
Sadly true.
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