Federal Government Executes Corey Johnson, Virginia Killer of 7

Corey Johnson, the Virginia man who killed seven in a burst of violence in 1992, was executed by the federal government by lethal injection on Thursday.
Federal Government Executes Corey Johnson, Virginia Killer of 7
The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., on Aug. 28, 2020. Michael Conroy/File Photo via AP
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Corey Johnson, the Virginia man who killed seven in a burst of violence in 1992, was executed by the federal government by lethal injection on Thursday.

The 52-year-old convicted murderer and drug trafficker was pronounced dead at 11:34 p.m. ET at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was put to death by an injection of pentobarbital, a powerful barbiturate, after the Supreme Court rejected a plea to allow him to recover from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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