Missouri Governor Refuses To Halt Intellectually Disabled Man’s Execution
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Despite calls from lawmakers, anti-death penalty activists and the pope for mercy, 61-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed on Tuesday evening.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said Monday that the state will move forward in executing Ernest Lee Johnson, despite calls from lawmakers, anti-death penalty advocates and even Pope Francis for clemency.
In a statement, Parson confirmed that the state of Missouri is prepared to kill the 61-year-old intellectually disabled Black man by lethal injection on Tuesday at 6 p.m. local time at the state prison in Bonne Terre. The prison is about 50 miles south of St. Louis.
“The state is prepared to deliver justice and carry out the lawful sentence Mr. Johnson received in accordance with the Missouri Supreme Court’s order,” the governor said in the statement about his decision not to reduce Johnson’s sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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