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US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection
The Associated Press ^
| January 15, 2021
| By MICHAEL TARM and DENISE LAVOIE
Posted on 01/15/2021 3:51:09 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The U.S. government executed a drug trafficker Thursday for slaying seven people in a burst of violence in Virginia’s capital in 1992, with some witnesses in the death-chamber building applauding as the 52-year-old was pronounced dead.
Corey Johnson’s execution went ahead after his lawyers scrambled to stop it on grounds that the lethal injection of pentobarbital would cause him excruciating pain due to lung damage from his coronavirus infection last month.
Johnson was implicated with playing a role in one of the worst bursts of gang violence Richmond had ever seen, with 11 people killed in a 45-day period. He and two other members of the Newtowne gang were sentenced to death under a federal law that targets large-scale drug traffickers.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; covid; deathpenalty; theleftisnuts; virus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why would Covid be an issue?
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posted on
01/15/2021 3:54:21 AM PST
by
HollyB
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Damn... yet another COVID-19 death! /sarc
To: HollyB
“Why would Covid be an issue?”
...Hell has a mask mandate?
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posted on
01/15/2021 3:56:54 AM PST
by
albie
To: HollyB; bitt
The horror!
By the way, Facebook is tracking ovulation cycles now.
#TheLeftIsNuts
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posted on
01/15/2021 3:58:14 AM PST
by
Twitmo
(@Tail_Whpper in Gab and the Twit swamp.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why does it take 28 years to execute a murderer?
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posted on
01/15/2021 3:58:29 AM PST
by
CarmichaelPatriot
(Recovering Kalifornian... Loving Alabama!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump taking out the trash on the way out the door, just like all Americans do every day.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Corey Johnson
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posted on
01/15/2021 3:59:04 AM PST
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Anyone should give a shit about his pain???? A million times less than the pain of his victims...... enjoy your burning in Hell you POS!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don't you just love it when those damn lawyers have all that compassion for these POSes pain....I hope the SOB suffers for eternity for the pain he caused for his victims!!!
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:09:46 AM PST
by
ontap
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Covid’s a death sentence!
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:10:02 AM PST
by
angmo
(#joeknew)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Yous can’t execute me. I’s gots da sniffles.”
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:10:57 AM PST
by
moovova
To: HollyB
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:12:08 AM PST
by
duckman
( Not tired of winning!)
To: duckman
Should have been a 45 cal injection.
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:14:59 AM PST
by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Now he’ll never get better! Thank God.
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:18:46 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
the lethal injection of pentobarbital would cause him excruciating pain due to lung damage from his coronavirus infection last month. I am not moved.
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:42:54 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
One of the gang’s victims was stabbed 85 times and another was shot 16 times. Johnson was convicted of being the shooter in a triple slaying, and participating in four other capital murders, including shooting a rival drug dealer 15 times.there weren’t outward signs Johnson ever experienced pain — though some medical experts say pentobarbital can have a paralyzing effect that masks pain inmates might be feeling as they die.
Well, Johnson certainly got a better deal at this end of checkout than did his victims. It's probably a bit warm where he is now, though.
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:49:07 AM PST
by
Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Twelve executed by order of President Trump! Looks like he’s been cleaning house! Too bad he couldn’t have taken care of Major Hasan or the Boston Marathon Bomber.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“We need to heal him before we can kill him” - Liberal Logic
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posted on
01/15/2021 4:58:42 AM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(The only way to stop Democrat cheating is to cheat better than they do. )
To: Mouton
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