1.0People For the American Wayhttps://www.pfaw.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/trump-justices-authorize-immediate-execution-of-two-black-men-one-based-on-false-evidence-and-the-other-despite-evidence-of-mental-disability-confirmed-judges-confirmed-fears/">Trump Justices Authorize Immediate Execution of Two Black Men, One Based on False Evidence and the Other Despite Evidence of Mental Disability: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/trump-justices-authorize-immediate-execution-of-two-black-men-one-based-on-false-evidence-and-the-other-despite-evidence-of-mental-disability-confirmed-judges-confirmed-fears/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Trump Justices Authorize Immediate Execution of Two Black Men, One Based on False Evidence and the Other Despite Evidence of Mental Disability: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” — People For the American Way" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://files.pfaw.org/uploads/2019/02/jury-e1582578313210.jpg1200627Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in two 6-3 rulings that denied stays of execution and review of the claims of two Black men who were immediately executed.  Lawyers for one contended that his death sentence relied on false testimony and withholding of favorable evidence, and there was strong evidence that the other met the standards for intellectual disability that prohibit execution under federal law. The two December 2020 decisions, issued on consecutive days, are in Bernard v. United States and Bourgeois v. Watson.