The Supreme Court just ruled and has denied the request to halt #BrandonBernard’s execution. That clears the way for the execution to proceed & absent a last-minute grant of executive clemency from the president, the Bureau of Prisons will move forward with the execution.
UPDATE: We are again on the move, prison officials helping to oversee #BrandonBernard’s scheduled execution telling us to get in the vans yet again. We could be heading to the death chamber, but haven’t been told that directly. Must leave phone behind. Follow @MikeBalsamo1
The final calls on whether #BrandonBernard’s execution happens within hours are with the #SupremeCourt and #Trump, who could theoretically intervene minutes before the lethal injection. Swirl of information for now. None the clearer here at the prison. We wait.
We’re still in a holding pattern two hours after the scheduled time of execution of #BrandonBernard as we wait for the Supreme Court to rule. For context: In July, SCOTUS didn't rule until after 2 a.m. & the execution of Danny Lee happened a few hours later after legal wrangling.