In the US state of Missouri, Catholic bishops urge leaders to end executions
AP Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer of three was executed despite a request for clemency from the Pope. Ernest Johnson was executed Tuesday evening, the first Missouri execution in 16 months and the seventh in the […]
In the US, Missouri man executed for killing three workers in ’94 robbery
Bonne Terre, Missouri, US AP A Missouri man was put to death Tuesday for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago, an execution performed over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the Pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. […]
In the US, Missouri Governor denies clemency to death row inmate
AP Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Monday declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson, despite requests for mercy from the Pope, two federal lawmakers and thousands of petition signers. Johnson, 61, was convicted of killing three convenience store workers during a closing-time robbery in 1994. He is scheduled to die by injection […]