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    Stacey Eugene Johnson - Arkansas Death Row


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    Facts of the Crime:

    Carol Heath was brutally murdered in her duplex apartment in DeQueen on either the night of April 1, 1993, or the early morning hours of April 2, 1993. She was beaten, strangled, and had her throat slit while her two young children, Ashley, age six, and Jonathan, age two, were home. The facts regarding the murder and its aftermath are gleaned from pretrial and trial testimony.

    http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/john...cey-eugene.htm

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    February 16, 2010

    May Execution Date for AR Death Row Inmate

    For the third time since last month, an execution date has been set by the governor for an Arkansas Death Row inmate.

    Governor Mike Beebe today set May 4th as the execution date for Stacey Eugene Johnson, 40. Johnson was convicted of the 1994 murder of Carol Heath in De Queen and sentenced to death.

    On January 25th, Beebe set April 12th as the execution date for Don W. Davis, 47. Davis was sentenced to death for killing a Rogers woman in 1990.

    On January 14th, Gov. Beebe set a March 16th execution date for Jack Harold Jones, 45. Jones was sentenced to death for raping and killing Mary Phillips and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter Lacey back in 1995.

    Last month, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel had asked the governor to set execution dates for Jones, Davis and Johnson.

    The last time Arkansas executed an inmate was in November 2005.

    Executions in Arkansas had been put on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court heard a Kentucky case challenging the lethal injection procedure.

    http://arkansasmatters.com/content/n...ext?cid=292641

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    With new lethal injection law in place, Arkansas AG wants execution stays lifted for 6 inmates

    The Arkansas attorney general's office has filed a motion to lift stays of execution in place for six death-row inmates who have challenged the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection law.

    The motion, filed last week in the Arkansas Supreme Court, wants stays lifted for Jack Jones, Marcel Williams, Jason McGhee, Don Davis, Bruce Ward and Stacey Johnson. The inmates have all exhausted their appeals.

    Last year, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's execution law. The Legislature enacted a new death penalty law last month.

    The new law spells out in greater detail the procedures the state must follow in carrying out executions. It says the state must use a lethal dose of a barbiturate, but leaves it up to Department of Correction to determine which one.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...nalty-Arkansas
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    Death row inmate Stacey Johnson makes case before parole board

    A man sentenced to die for killing a De Queen woman by slashing her throat while her young children were home denies committing the crime and asked to be saved from the death penalty.

    Stacey Eugene Johnson, 40, told the Arkansas Parole Board meeting in Varner Monday that he didn't kill Carol Jean Heath and asked the board for clemency. He said he was on his way to Alburquerque, N.M., when Heath was killed.

    Johnson's attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, said evidence that another person may have committed the murder was excluded from Johnson's trial and that a judge prohibited retesting of DNA evidence.

    Johnson is to be executed May 4.

    A clemency recommendation by the board would be sent to Gov. Mike Beebe to approve or reject.

    http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=101836

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    Jones, Williams, McGehee, Davis, Ward, and Johnson v Hobbs

    Opinion Date: April 11, 2013

    Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

    In Hobbs v. Jones, Petitioners challenged Arkansas's method-of-execution statute (the statute). Prior to submission, Petitioners filed renewed motions for stays of execution during the pendency of their appeal, which the Supreme Court granted. In Hobbs, the Court held that the statute violated the Arkansas Constitution's separation-of-powers doctrine. The mandate issued on July 11, 2012. The General Assembly subsequently enacted Act 139 or 2013, which amended the statute. On March 8, 2013, the Arkansas Department of Correction and its director (collectively, Respondents) filed a motion to lift the stays of execution. On March 18, 2013, Petitioners opposed lifting the stays and filed a motion to take the matter as a case, claiming that the Court must now determine whether Act 139 passed constitutional muster. The Supreme Court (1) declared moot Respondents' motion to lift the stays of execution, as the stays of execution dissolved upon the issuance of the Court's mandate on July 11, 2012; and (2) denied Petitioners' request to take the matter as a case, as the Court did not have original jurisdiction of the matter.
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    McDaniel seeks executions for 7 felons

    Arkansas' attorney general is asking the state's governor to set execution dates for seven death-row inmates.

    Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sent seven letters to Gov. Mike Beebe late Thursday requesting that execution dates be set for Don Davis, Stacey Johnson, Jack Jones, Jason McGehee, Bruce Ward, Kenneth Williams and Marcel Williams.

    McDaniel noted in the letters that six of the seven inmates — all but Davis — are challenging the state's new lethal injection law. Arkansas is changing the drugs it uses to put inmates to death.

    Despite the challenge, McDaniel said there aren't any court orders in place preventing the executions.

    Arkansas currently doesn't have any pending executions. The state last executed an inmate in 2005.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...ions-7-felons/

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    Inmates ask Arkansas court to void orders setting execution dates

    Attorneys for eight Arkansas death row inmates scheduled to be put to death next month are asking the state's highest court to invalidate the proclamations scheduling their executions, arguing that a stay is still in place.

    The inmates asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to void Gov. Asa Hutchinson's orders setting their execution dates. Hutchinson on Monday set four double executions during a 10-day period in April, though the state is lacking one of the drugs needed to put them to death.

    The inmates' attorneys say a stay blocking the executions is still in place while an amended complaint challenging Arkansas' lethal injection law is pending in a Pulaski County court. The state Monday asked the state to clarify that the stay on executions had been lifted.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...=news-arkansas
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    Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson set the execution dates for eight Arkansas death row inmates on Monday (Feb. 27).

    The eight inmates have all been convicted of capital murder.

    “This action is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the law, but it is also important to bring closure to the victims’ families who have lived with the court appeals and uncertainty for a very long time,” Hutchinson said.

    The execution dates were set as follows:

    Kenneth Williams – April 27, 2017
    Bruce Ward – April 17, 2017
    Stacey Johnson – April 20, 2017
    Don Williamson Davis – April 17, 2017
    Ledell Lee – April 20, 2017
    Jack Harold Jones – April 24, 2017
    Jason McGehee – April 27, 2017
    Marcel Williams – April 24, 2017

    http://5newsonline.com/2017/02/27/ar...h-row-inmates/
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    Victim's family: "Justice is the death penalty"

    A death row inmate wants his scheduled execution stopped. Stacey Johnson, 40, is asking for clemency saying new evidence could clear him of the brutal murder of a mother in front of her children. But her kids are all grown up now and want Johnson to die for his crime.

    Melissa Cassidy addressing the parole board about her sister Carol Heath who was murdered in April 1993 at her home in DeQueen.

    “She was my only sibling,” Cassidy said fighting back tears. “We were best friends. She died way too young and she should not have died.”

    Heath’s killer Stacey Johnson is asking to be spared lethal injection on May 4, saying DNA retesting could prove his innocence. But the state says retesting has already strengthened his guilt.

    “That DNA ratio grew substantially after retesting,” Lauren Heil with the attorney general’s office said. “From 1 in 250 to 1 in 720 million.”

    “People can lie, people can hide stuff,” prosecuting attorney Bryan Chesshir says. “But DNA doesn’t lie.”

    In addition to DNA, Heath’s six-year-old daughter saw the crime happen and identified Johnson twice in a photo lineup. Now almost 23, she is still a protected witness so we could not show her face during the hearing.

    “The only reason these two kids are alive today is because she was smart enough at six years old to grab her two-year-old brother and hide in the closet,” Chesshir says.

    However, her aunt left no mistake on where the family stands.

    “Stacey Johnson does not deserve clemency for taking my sister away, not just from me, but from my parents and her children,” Cassidy says.

    Heath’s daughter was too overcome with emotion to read her prepared statement. However an attorney read the statement for her and told the parole board she suffers from a list of psychological dysfunctions from witnessing her mom's murder on her 6th birthday.

    The parole board could make their decision on whether to recommend clemency as early as tomorrow. If they do, Governor Beebe has the final decision on whether to grant it.

    http://www.cwarkansas.com/news/local...Z4L8_8VOA.cspx

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    Board rejects convicted killer's clemency request

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Parole Board has unanimously rejected the clemency request of a death row inmate convicted of killing a De Queen woman in 1993.

    The decision released Wednesday and dated Monday shows all six members of the Parole Board agreeing that 40-year-old Stacey Eugene Johnson's death sentence should not be reduced.

    Johnson is to die by lethal injection on May 4 for the death of Carol Jean Heath. Heath was killed in her home - her throat slashed - while her 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son hid in the home.

    Johnson on Monday asked for clemency - saying he did not kill Heath and was on his way to Albuquerque, N.M., at the time of the crime.

    Heath's daughter - Ashley Heath - asked that Johnson's execution be carried out as scheduled.

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