Federal Government Executes Corey Johnson For 1992 Murders
Corey Johnson is the 12th inmate to die by lethal injection since July, when the Trump administration restarted federal executions after a 17 year hiatus.
by Jaclyn Diaz
Jan 15, 2021
2 minutes
On Thursday night, the federal government executed a drug trafficker responsible for seven murders in 1992, despite his attorneys having claimed moving forward with the execution would be "cruel and usual punishment" because of his recent COVID-19 infection.
Corey Johnson, 52, was executed at the
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