Ernest Lee Johnson execution on hold

Source: Associated Press

Ernest Lee Johnson execution on hold

Posted 7:15 pm, November 3, 2015, by Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The latest on the scheduled execution of Ernest Lee Johnson in Missouri (all times local):

7 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold the scheduled execution of a man convicted of beating three people to death with a claw hammer while a lower court considers an appeal.

Ernest Lee Johnson was scheduled to die at 6 p.m. Tuesday for killing three Columbia convenience store workers in 1994. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay while the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers an appeal.

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Ernest Lee Johnson is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. for killing three Columbia convenience store workers in 1994. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court claims the execution drug could cause painful seizures because Johnson still has part of a benign tumor in his brain, and surgery to remove the rest of the tumor in 2008 forced removal of up to 20 percent of his brain tissue. A separate appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court claims Johnson has an IQ of 67 and his life should be spared because he is mentally disabled.



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