U.S. Executes Corey Johnson for 7 Murders in 1992 Mr. Johnson’s execution, the 12th during the Trump administration, was carried out weeks after he found out he had the coronavirus. Corey Johnson was convicted of a series of murders in order to further a drug enterprise.Credit...Michael Conroy/Associated Press Jan. 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration executed Corey Johnson on Thursday for a series of seven murders in 1992. He was the 12th federal inmate put to death under President Trump. Mr. Johnson committed the murders in the Richmond, Va., area to further a drug enterprise that trafficked large quantities of cocaine. Among his crimes were the shooting with a semiautomatic weapon of a rival drug dealer, the killing of a woman who had not paid for some crack cocaine and the shooting of a man at close range whom Mr. Johnson suspected of cooperating with the police.