Justice Served: Missouri Man Executed for Abducting and Killing 6-Year-Old Girl

Johnny Johnson, a man convicted of abducting and killing a 6-year-old girl in Missouri in 2002, was executed by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to block the execution. Johnson, who had schizophrenia, expressed remorse in a handwritten statement before his execution. The Supreme Court's decision was met with dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor and two other justices who argued that Johnson's mental illness should have been further investigated. Johnson had lured the girl to an abandoned factory, where he sexually assaulted and killed her. The execution marks the 16th in the U.S. this year.