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Ernest Lee Johnson, 61, was executed on Tuesday night in Missouri, despite pleas for clemency from Pope Francis and members of Congress. Johnson had the mental age of a child.
Pope Francis was among those speaking out on behalf of Ernest Johnson, who killed three in 1994
Ernest Lee Johnson was convicted of a triple homicide in 1994.
Ernest Johnson has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago.
A KILLER who murdered three shop workers with a claw hammer vowed "I'm going to heaven" in his haunting final words before his execution.Ernest Lee Jo