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Texas executes man who set elderly store clerk on fire during 2012 robbery

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A Texas inmate convicted of setting a 76-year-old grandmother on fire during a robbery in Garland has been executed, state officials confirmed. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Texas man facing execution, 13 years to the day of a store robbery in which he set clerk ablaze (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man faced scheduled execution Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on

  2. MyNorthwest

    Texas man facing execution for elderly clerk's burning death during a 2012 store robbery (opens MyNorthwest)

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    HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man is facing execution Tuesday evening for the burning death of an elderly clerk he set on fire during a convenience store robbery

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Man who set North Texas clerk on fire set to be executed (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A Texas man is facing execution for the burning death of an elderly clerk he set ablaze during a Garland store robbery more than a decade ago.

  4. BNO News

    Texas executes man who set elderly store clerk on fire during 2012 robbery (opens BNO News)

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    A Texas inmate convicted of setting a 76-year-old grandmother on fire during a robbery in Garland has been executed, state officials confirmed. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.

  5. CBS News

    Texas man executed exactly 13 years after setting convenience store clerk on fire (opens CBS News)

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    Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, received a lethal injection after 6 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

  6. NBC News

    Texas man executed 13 years to the day after store robbery in which he fatally set clerk on fire (opens NBC News)

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    A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb.

  7. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Man executed 13 years to the day after a Garland robbery where he set a clerk on fire (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set a clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb.

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    Texas man is executed 13 years to the day of a store robbery in which he set a clerk on fire (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set a clerk on fire in

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