Corey Johnson, Virginia killer of 7, executed after SCOTUS coronavirus ruling

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Another convict, Dustin Higgs, was scheduled to be executed Friday night following the court’s ruling, according to a report

A drug trafficker sentenced to die for his ties to seven murders in Virginia in 1992 was executed Thursday night in Indiana after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on his coronavirus diagnosis cleared the way for his death, according to reports.

“I am OK. I am at peace," Corey Johnson, 52, said before he was put to death, according to The Associated Press.


Johnson was strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal doses of pentobarbital, according to Reuters.

Before his final comments, Johnson said he was "sorry for my crimes," that he was "not the same man that I was," and wanted the slaying victims to be remembered.

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Corey Johnson, Virginia killer of 7, executed after SCOTUS coronavirus ruling




 
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