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Katie Moore

Federal judge strikes down request to halt execution of Missouri man in August

A federal judge has struck down a request to halt the upcoming execution of Johnny Johnson in Missouri.

Johnson, 45, was sentenced to death for the attempted rape and murder of 6-year-old Casey Williamson in 2002 in St. Louis County.

He is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Aug. 1 at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri.

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