US EditionTexas man facing execution for elderly clerk’s burning death during a 2012 store robbery
- Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, is scheduled for execution on May 20, 2025, in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2012 murder of 76-year-old Nancy Harris in Garland.
- Johnson committed the crime during a robbery when he poured lighter fluid over Harris's head, set her on fire, and took money from the register according to court documents.
- Harris suffered extensive second-degree burns and died five days later, and Johnson admitted guilt at his 2013 trial but said he was high and unaware of his actions.
- Johnson's attorneys ceased further appeals after lower courts and the Texas Board of Pardons denied stays and commutation requests, while the Texas Attorney General called for justice to no longer be denied.
- If the execution proceeds, Johnson will become the fourth individual to be put to death in Texas in 2025, coinciding with one of two planned U.S. executions on May 20, highlighting the state's ongoing application of the death penalty.
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Death row inmate Matthew Lee Johnson's last words as he's executed for setting gran on fire - The Mirror
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Matthew Lee Johnson, who set shop assistant Nancy Harris on fire during a robbery in Dallas, Texas, addressed the victim's relatives before he was executed in prison
Texas man facing execution for clerk's burning death during a 2012 store robbery
Documents state that during the robbery, Matthew Johnson poured lighter fluid over the victim's head, even though she was opening the cash register. The 76-year-old was badly burned but described the suspect before her death.
Man who set North Texas clerk on fire set to be executed
A Texas man is facing execution Tuesday evening for the burning death of an elderly clerk he set on fire during a convenience store robbery more than a decade ago. Matthew Lee Johnson was condemned for the 2012 death of 76-year-old Nancy Harris, a great-grandmother who was splashed with lighter fluid and set ablaze at a store in Garland. Johnson, 49, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection after 6 p.m. CDT at the state penitentiary in Huntsv…
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