The State of Missouri on Tuesday executed a man for killing a 6-year-old girl more than two decades ago in St. Louis County, despite arguments that he was not legally competent to get the death penalty. Johnny Johnson, 45, died at 6:33 p.m. by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for murdering Casey Williamson in 2002 after attempting to rape her. Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, denied clemency and said while Johnson’s death would not bring Casey back, he hoped it “may provide some closure for” her loved ones. Johnson’s attorneys argued he was “in the grips of active psychosis” when he killed Casey and was not competent to be executed under the Eighth Amendment. He was sexually abused as a child, diagnosed with schizophrenia at 16, heard voices and believed he was executed because the devil was using Missouri to “bring about the end of the world,” they said in his clemency application. Read more about this case at the link in our bio. #DeathPenalty #MIssouri #Joh...