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   was robbing her, she kept moving toward him and reaching across him.   
   He told her to stand back and struck the lighter "once to try to scare   
   her, but that didn't stop her." He continued striking the lighter,   
   "hoping that she would move back," but she did not.   
      
   Johnson stated that after Harris caught fire, he realized he "had done   
   a bad thing" and needed to leave. He said it did not occur to him to   
   help her. He said he removed his t-shirt and left it in a trash can   
   because it was sweaty and dirty. He stole a bicycle, rode it until the   
   chain came off, and left it on a side street. He acknowledged having a   
   "tussle" with Marecle.   
      
   A jury found Johnson guilty of capital murder in December 2013 and   
   sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed   
   the conviction and sentence in November 2015. All of his subsequent   
   appeals in state and federal court were denied.   
      
   Johnson's execution took place 13 years to the day after he killed   
   Harris. Some of her family members attended and watched from a viewing   
   room adjacent to the death chamber.   
      
   Johnson began his last statement by praising God. He then looked at   
   his victim's relatives and asked for their forgiveness. "I never meant   
   to hurt her," he said. He thanked his spiritual advisors and the   
   administration at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky   
   Unit, where Death Row is located. He told his wife, "I'm sorry for   
   giving up. I'm sorry for quitting. I ask that you forgive me as well."   
   Then, mentioning his daughters by name, he said, "I ask that you   
   forgive me for giving up on y'all and walking away. Just know that   
   it's nothing that y'all did. I made wrong choices, I've made wrong   
   decisions, and now I pay the consequences."   
      
   Johnson concluded his last statement by speaking to his fellow   
   condemned prisoners on Death Row and once again thanking the Lord and   
   asking for His forgiveness. The lethal injection was then started. He   
   was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m.   
      
   David Carson   
   (Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, court documents,   
   Associated Press.)   
      
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