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Missouri executed convicted murderer Ernest Johnson on Tuesday evening after both Governor Mike Parson and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant the clemency sought by Pope Francis, among others, on the grounds that Johnson was intellectually disabled.
Bishops of Missouri call for alternatives to capital punishment, highlighting that the death penalty does not make the state safer or more civil.
Missouri executed convicted murderer Ernest Johnson on Tuesday evening after both Governor Mike Parson and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant the clemency sought by Pope Francis, among others, on the grounds that Johnson was intellectually disabled.
Ernest Johnson was born with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, scored low on IQ tests and had the 'daily living skills' of a 4-year-old child, his lawyers said