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Edward Earl Johnson (June 22, 1960 – May 20, 1987) was a man convicted in 1979 at the age of 18 and subsequently executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi for the murder of a policeman, J.T. Trest, and the sexual assault of a 69-year-old woman, Sally Franklin.
21 de may. de 1987 · Professing his innocence and urging prison aides to hurry, Edward Earl Johnson died in the gas chamber early today, the first inmate to be executed in Mississippi in nearly four years.
25 de may. de 2018 · On May 20, 1987 Edward Earl Johnson was put to death in Mississippi’s gas chamber. The last two weeks of his life, and Clive Stafford Smith’s fight to stop his execution, were captured in Paul Hamann’s award-winning documentary Fourteen Days in May.
The programme recounts the final days before the execution of Edward Earl Johnson, an American prisoner convicted of rape and murder and imprisoned in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Johnson protested his innocence and claimed that his confession had been made under duress.
4 de may. de 2001 · Cabana's and Hocutt's first experience together as executioners was in the death of Edward Earl Johnson in May of 1987. Johnson was sentenced to death for murdering a town marshal and though he steadfastly maintained his innocence, at the time, both his executioners say they weren't initially fazed by his protests.
18 de may. de 2018 · Edward Earl Johnson, a young African-American was put to death in the gas chamber of Mississippi’s state penitentiary on 20 May 1987. Convicted of the murder of a white police officer, Edward protested his innocence until his death.
20 de may. de 1987 · The State of Mississippi carried out its first execution in nearly four years early today after three Federal courts and Gov. Bill Allain rejected appeals on behalf of the condemned man, Edward...
