Ernest Lee Johnson: Death Row Killer Says He's Going To Heaven In Chilling Final Words
Ernest Lee Johnson wrote a final statement shortly before his execution.
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Ernest Lee Johnson wrote a final statement shortly before his execution.
Ernest Lee Johnson, 61, was executed for the 1994 murders of three convenience store workers.
Johnson was convicted of killed three convenience store workers in Columbia during a robbery in 1994.
In his written last statement, Ernest Johnson said he was sorry, that he loved his family and friends and thanked those who prayed for him. | ITV National News
Null / Felipe Caparros/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Oct 6, 2021 / 07:15 am (CNA).Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Ernest Johnson, 61, an inmate convicted of murdering three people in the 1990s, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Johnson's emergency appeal for a stay of execution. The Holy See had also advocated for a halt to the execution.In an unsigned order on Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court denied Johnson's appeal for a stay of execution, and the state shortly afterward executed Johnson by lethal injection.The Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, on M...