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Supporters of a convicted Columbia triple killer who’s set to be executed on Tuesday in Boone Terre are urging Missouri’s governor to grant clemency in the case. 61-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson was convicted of killing three people with a hammer at a no...

Death penalty opponents request clemency for convicted Columbia triple murderer

Supporters of a convicted Columbia triple killer who’s set to be executed on Tuesday in Boone Terre are urging Missouri’s governor to grant clemency in the case. 61-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson was convicted of killing three people with a hammer at a now-closed Casey’s convenience store, on Ballenger Lane. The murders happened in February 1994. Johnson’s …