Not even the pope could save ‘intellectually disabled’ man from execution

The 61-year-old has been lethally injected for murder, despite calls for clemency from Pope Francis and US politicians

06 October 2021 - 18:44 By Jonathan Allen

Missouri executed convicted murderer Ernest Johnson on Tuesday evening after governor Mike Parson and the US Supreme Court declined to grant the clemency sought by Pope Francis, among others, on the grounds Johnson was intellectually disabled...

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