article by Michael Cook.
Christopher Johnson (38) was executed on October 21st by lethal injection in Alabama prison after four years on death row with the average time between sentencing and death in the U.S. is about 14 years. Johnson was constantly declining to appeal his sentence. This is an example of death penalty "volunteers" that use execution as a form of an assisted suicide. Cornell Law student studied this phenomenon and said 88% of people who declined the appeal had a mental illness -Johnson was never evaluated for this when he murdered his six-month-old son for the reason: "because I hate my wife."
- Ashlee Mercado
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