Who was Johnny Johnson? Missouri executes a death row inmate convicted of murdering 6-year-old girl
Mia Horton
Published Jan 12, 2026
Missouri did the execution of a death row convict regardless of the resistance of denounced’s lawyers
Johnny Johnson was given capital punishment for the homicide of Casey Williamson, a 6-year-old, in 2002
He was executed by deadly infusion on Tuesday night
Missouri completed the execution of a death row convict recognized as Johnny Johnson regardless of the resistance of Johnson’s lawyers. The lawyers asserted that he was not qualified for the demise discipline since he was intellectually clumsy.
Johnny Johnson was given capital punishment for the homicide of Casey Williamson, a 6-year-old. As indicated by court records, prior to doing the awful demonstration, he captured the little kid and made an endeavor to assault her. The execution went ahead in spite of Johnson’s solicitation for pardon, which Conservative Lead representative Mike Parson dismissed. The episode was “one of the absolute most awful” cases Lead representative Parson has found in his opportunity in office.
Who was Johnny Johnson?
Johnny Johnson was 45 years of age. As indicated by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Johnson was executed by deadly infusion on Tuesday night. A delegate for the Missouri Division of Remedies affirmed that he was proclaimed dead at 6:33 PM CT, as revealed by CNN.
In a last explanation disclosed by jail specialists, Johnny Johnson recognized lament and apologized to the casualty’s loved ones. God favor, he mumbled. I am sorry to the people and families I annoyed. Johnson communicated his humility for his direct and recognized the misery and enduring he caused to the casualty’s family with these remarks.
After Johnny Johnson’s supplication for a stay of execution was denied by the US High Court, his deadly infusion was done. Three liberal judges disagreed, however the Court regardless went with its decision. One of the contradicting judges, Equity Sonia Sotomayor, featured her concerns by writing as she would see it, “The Court today prepares to execute a man with recorded psychological maladjustment under the watchful eye of any court definitively researches his skill to be executed.”
As per Johnny Johnson’s request for a writ of certiorari, a neuropsychiatrist who analyzed him in February reached the resolution that he had been managing “extreme psychological maladjustment” for a lot of time, including a schizophrenia conclusion.