Alright, let’s talk about this guy Matthew Johnson, who’s set to be executed in Texas for killing an elderly clerk back in 2012. So, Johnson didn’t really plan to kill the lady, Nancy Harris, but he still got hit with the death penalty in 2013. Tough break, right?
The whole thing went down in Garland, Texas, with Johnson walking into a convenience store armed with lighter fluid and a lighter. He ended up dousing poor Nancy with the fluid, making her open the cash register, and then setting her on fire. She passed away five days later from her injuries. Johnson later admitted to the cops that he did it, claiming he was high and drunk at the time. Not the smartest move, dude.
Now, Johnson has been trying to appeal his sentence left and right, but it looks like he’s run out of luck. The Supreme Court shut him down in 2024, and his latest attempt to delay his execution got denied by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. If everything goes as planned, Johnson will be the fourth guy to be executed in Texas this year. Tough crowd, I tell you.
