Federal Executions Pit Trump Admin Against Catholic Church

Federal Executions Pit Trump Admin Against Catholic Church
(Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

For the ninth time in six months, the Trump administration is preparing to put a federal prisoner to death.

Brandon Bernard, 40, is due to be executed Thursday evening at the U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in Indiana, as punishment for the murder of a young couple in Texas in 1999. The Justice Department plans another federal execution later this month, with three more scheduled in January.

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