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5 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Missouri is set to execute Ernest Lee Johnson, an intellectually disabled Black man, on Tuesday evening.
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Civil rights advocates have decried the execution as cruel, unconstitutional and a grave abuse of the law. bit.ly/3BcjI24
Johnson was born with fetal alcohol syndrome due to his mother’s battle with addiction, which impedes cognitive development in children.

He also underwent surgery for a brain tumor, which resulted in removal of 20 percent of his brain tissue. bit.ly/3BcjI24
Various tests show Johnson has an IQ of 69, which is far below the average for most people.
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