Trump's Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could

[douglas9]

IN THE FINAL moments of Brandon Bernard’s life, before he was executed by lethal injection at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Dec. 10, 2020, President Donald Trump picked up the phone to entertain a final plea for mercy on Bernard’s behalf. The call was not with Bernard’s family or his attorneys. Nor was it with representatives from the Justice Department’s Pardon Attorney office, who had recommended just days earlier that Trump spare Bernard’s life.

Rather, the call was with Jamal Fincher Jones, better known as Polow da Don, a music producer responsible for hits like Ludacris’ “Pimpin’ All Over the World” and Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda.” Jones didn’t know Bernard, but he had publicly endorsed Trump for reelection — and that, Bernard’s advocates had correctly suspected, gave him the best chance of getting the president’s ear.

Trump took the call, but unfortunately for Bernard, it was too late. The president had days earlier spoken with the family of the victims in Bernard’s case — a young couple who’d been kidnapped and killed — and promised them the execution would go forward. “I’m sorry,” he told Jones. “I can’t do it.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-capital-punishment-brandon-bernard-lisa-montgomery-1234664126/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Christofascists love playing God.

[cos dem]

2. He's a sadistic asshole, on top of all his other character flaws.

I think it's just another way he can control people. As a narcissist, I think he gets off on controlling people, and what's the ultimate control other than taking someone else's life?

[republianmushroom]

3. He felt he had control of life and death which he did and he liked it.

[2naSalit]

4. He really...

Enjoyed that part of his job.