KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A stay of execution ordered Tuesday in the case of Johnny Johnson was reversed Saturday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Johnny Johnson, 45, is to be killed by the state in three days after an appeals court reversed a prior decision to stay his execution. His attorneys argue the latest decision constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment.”
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