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Video of Execution Vigil in Austin for 198th Execution Under Rick Perry

By "Persian Cowboy"

Derrick Johnson was executed April 30, 2009 in Texas. He was the 198th person executed under current Texas Governor Rick Perry. He was the 437th person executed in Texas since 1982. The 200th execution under Perry is currently scheduled for June 2.Watch video on YouTube of Vigil.From the Austin American-StatesmanThe execution of a convicted Dallas killer proceeded as scheduled Thursday despite reports that a new test showed Derrick Lamone Johnson may have been mentally disabled.In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the execution of anyone with mental disabilities.Controversy surfaced after a group of lawmakers, angered that the state Board of Pardons and Paroles initially confirmed Johnson's execution without reviewing the medical test information, asked Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).