Missouri has executed Ernest Johnson for killing 3 during robbery in 1994
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- 6:15 P.M. UPDATE: Missouri executes Ernest Johnson for killing three people while robbing a convenience store in 1994.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request that it stop the planned execution of Ernest Johnson, clearing the way for the Missouri man convicted of killing three convenience store workers during a closing-time robbery nearly 28 years ago to die by injection Tuesday evening.
Johnson, 61, was scheduled for execution at the state prison in Bonne Terre, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of St. Louis. It would be the seventh U.S. execution this year.
Johnson's attorney, Jeremy Weis, said executing Johnson would violate the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits executing intellectually disabled people. On Monday, he asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution, which the court denied early Tuesday evening.
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