Johnson, 52, was sentenced to death in 1993, when he was in his early 20s. Tried as a âdrug kingpinâ alongside two other men under the 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, he was convicted of seven murders â a shocking body count that many would associate with the âworst of the worst.â Yet the case would not likely end in a death sentence today. There was significant proof that Johnson had an intellectual disability, which should have forbidden him from being sentenced to death. But reviewing courts refused to consider the evidence.
Regardless, Breedenâs task was not to judge Johnson for his crimes. As Johnsonâs spiritual adviser, his job was to prepare him to die. âI donât care who you are or what youâve done,â he said. âI think when youâre dying, life should give you the gift of being in the presence of somebody who cares, instead of just people who are paid to kill you.â Breeden knew that many on death row had little s
An undated photo of Lisa M. Montgomery
When Donald Trump leaves the White House on January 20, 2021, he will be known, among other dishonors, for having executed more federal prisoners in a single year than any other before him. This may also include the only woman on federal death row, Lisa Montgomery, scheduled to die days before Biden, who opposes the federal death penalty, will be sworn in. Her lawyers have submitted a petition for clemency, detailing the multiple failures in Montgomery’s case, along with a long history of abuse and neglect by her family, and are asking the president to commute her sentence to life imprisonment. Unless Trump grants her clemency, or her execution is moved back, Lisa Montgomery will be killed, most likely with a lethal injection of pentobarbital, in Terre Haute, Indiana, on January 12, 2021.
05/22/13 05/22/13 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica, this is democracy now! i was at the top of my game. i gave everything. as soon as my ptsd started getting really bad, they just gave up on me. it was quicker and easier just to kick guys out. this is the thanks i get? other than honorable. the number of soldiers including when it, veterans are being kicked of the service for misconduct also with no benefits as the army downsizes after a decade of war. those with the most combat exposure are hardest hit. then from spying on journalists to spying on activists. because ire today want a part of democracy. america is democracy. as the obama administration faces criticism for spying on journalists, newly released documents show how the fbi, the department of homeland security and local police forces spied on occupy protesters, monitored their online usage, and ample treated their meetings. we will speak with matthew rothschild. a former death row
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the number of soldiers including when it, veterans are being kicked of the service for misconduct also with no benefits as the army downsizes after a decade of war. those with the most combat exposure are hardest hit. then from spying on journalists to spying on activists. because ire today want a part of democracy. america is democracy. as the obama administration faces criticism for spying on journalists, newly released documents show how the fbi, the department of homeland security and local police forces spied on occupy protesters, monitored their online usage, and ample treated their meetings. we will speak with matthew rothschild. a former death row prisoner in tennessee is set to walk free. we will look at the case of timothy mckinney. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. authorities in morell, have lowered their estimate of the death toll from monday s devastating tornado. the total dead