Limerick woman appeals for support for US pen-pal who faces execution

Aoibhinn O'Sullivan,  whose prison pen pal was sentenced to death as a teenager for his part in the brutal killing of a married couple has appealed for Irish people to support an international campaign to save him from execution. Source: Aoibhin O'Sullivan

A 24-year-old Limerick woman whose prison pen-pal was sentenced to death as a teenager for his part in the brutal killing of a married couple has appealed for Irish people to support an international campaign to save him from execution.

Former Texas gang member Brandon Bernard, now 40, is scheduled for execution in the US state of Indiana on December 10.