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Tennessee kills / Lackey redux

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Tennessee early this morning killed Cecil Johnson, Jr., In the end Cecil Johnson Jr., convicted in the fatal shooting of three people ? including a 12-year-old boy ? in 1981, was only forgiven by his son who is in prison.. . . During the execution a daughter, DeAngela Johnson, was described as turning her back and covering her ears against her father’s breathing sounds as the injections began. Johnson, 53, was forgiven by his 29-year-old son serving prison time in West Tennessee. James Johnson, serving 23 years for aggravated assault and aggravated robbery, sent his father a message with Riverbend Maximum Security Prison warden Ricky Bell. ?Tell him I love him and forgive him for not being there,?? Johnson?s son said in the message. ?And tell him he is not the reason why I am in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).