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Alabama prisoner executed after monthslong delay

By Luke Gentile
Published October 22, 2021 3:25pm ET
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Alabama prisoner executed after monthslong delay
A prisoner in Alabama was put to death Thursday by lethal injection after months of delay. Willie Smith, 52, was sentenced to death for the 1991 slaying of 22-year-old Sharma Johnson, whom Smith abducted and shot in the head at a cemetery, according to authorities. “The family of Sharma Johnson has had to wait 29 […]

A prisoner in Alabama was put to death Thursday by lethal injection after months of delay.

Willie Smith, 52, was sentenced to death for the 1991 slaying of 22-year-old Sharma Johnson, whom Smith abducted and shot in the head at a cemetery, according to authorities.

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