us supreme court halts execution of ernest johnson in missouri /

Published at 2015-11-04 03:45:58

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Attorneys for Johnson,who killed three people in 1994, say he has an intellectual disability and would suffer undue pain from deadly injectionThe US supreme court on Tuesday night halted the execution of a Missouri man who murdered three people in 1994 to allow an appeal on whether he may suffer undue pain from the deadly injection drug due to a medical condition.
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Source: theguardian.com