Texas man executed 13 years to the day after store robbery in which he fatally set clerk on fire

On May 20, 2023, Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, was executed in Texas for the 2012 murder of 76-year-old Nancy Harris, whom he set on fire during a convenience store robbery. Johnson expressed remorse in his final statement, asking for forgiveness from Harris’s family and acknowledging his wrong choices. His execution marked Texas’s fourth this year, amidst ongoing debates regarding the legality of his death sentence and previous failed appeals, as he faced no further legal challenges before his execution.