Washington: Despite objections by some of the jurors who pleaded with the Trump administration to show mercy, the United States executed convicted felon Brandon Bernard on Thursday. Bernard's death is  the ninth execution since Attorney General William Barr resumed the use of the federal death penalty earlier this year following a 17-year hiatus

.Bernard was convicted in 2000 along with an accomplice, Christopher Vialva, of carjacking and murdering Todd and Stacie Bagley, married Christian youth ministers from Iowa, on the Fort Hood army base in Texas.  When Bernard committed this crime he was 18 years old. Vialva kidnapped and shot the couple at close range as they lay inside the trunk of the car. Afterwards, Bernard set the car on fire. The Justice Department executed Vialva on Sept. 24.

Shortly before the execution, Media quoted Bernard as saying,  "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. Five jurors from the trial of the two men had supported Bernard's clemency petition, saying his lawyers did a poor job defending him at trial. Though they still agree that both Bernard and Vialva were guilty, they said Bernard did not seem to have intended to kill the Bagleys.

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