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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Heather Hollingsworth

Appellate court rules that Missouri man with schizophrenia can be executed after all

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man with schizophrenia is back on after an appellate court reversed course Saturday.

Johnny Johnson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing 6-year-old Casey Williamson after trying to sexually assault her in 2002.

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