Jan 14, 2021Dawud E. Spaulding was scheduled to be executed at 10 local time on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Mansfield, Ohio. His execution has been stayed. Thirty-eight-year-old Dawud is convicted of murdering Erica Singleton and Ernie Thomas on December 15, 2011, in Akron, Ohio. Dawud has been on death row in Ohio for the last seven years.
Jan 18, 2021At least 12 of the 22 miners are still alive after being trapped for a week in gold mine. The fate of the other 10 men is currently unknown. An explosion blocked the exit to the area where the miners are trapped. Some of the miners are injured, and the others are experiencing hardships. Pray for the trapped miners. Pray for rescue workers.
Jan 14, 2021Blaine Keith Milam was scheduled to be executed at 6 pm local time, on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Thirty-one-year-old Blaine is convicted of the murder of 13-month old Amora Carson in Rusk County, Texas, in December 2008. Blaine has been on death row in Texas for the past ten years.
Jan 18, 2021At least 34 people have died, and over 600 others were injured in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. The quake has toppled buildings and triggered landslides. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for the area as it works to rebuild.
Jan 18, 2021At least 83 people have died in clashes between different ethnic groups in West Darfur, Sudan. Fighting began after a man was stabbed to death in El Geneina over the weekend. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for peace and healing.
Jan 18, 2021Continued fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia as resulted in food shortages. There are between 5 and 7 million people in the region, most of whom are in need of emergency food aid. Pray for the people in region. Pray for wisdom for those seeking to help.
Jan 18, 2021The search continues for remains of Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737, carrying 62 people onboard. It crashed shortly after take-off. Some human remains have been discovered with several having been identified Pray for the families of the 62 individuals. Pray for the safety of the rescue workers.
Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 8:52 pm EDT
Donnie Johnson has been executed. Read more here.
Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 5:36 pm EDT
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has refused to grant clemeny to Donnie Johnson. In his clemency appeal, Donnie asked that he be spared due to religious reasons and redemption instead of using legal arugments regarding his case.
Updated: Monday, May 13, 2019 9:30 am EDT
Donnie Edward Johnson is scheduled to be executed at 7:10 pm CDT, on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at the Riverbed Maximum Security Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. Sixty-eight-year-old Donnie is convicted of the murder of his wife, 30-year-old Connie Johnson, on December 8, 1984, in Memphis, Tennessee. Donnie has spent the last 34 years on Tennessee’s death row.
According to Donnie, he grew up in an abusive family and began his criminal career at the age of six or seven, stealing whatever he wanted. By the time he was a teenager, he had resorted to armed robbery. He was also involved in street drag racing. Donnie was married with two children. Donnie continued his criminal life, hiding it from his family, while maintaining a steady job as a salesman at a camping store.
On December 8, 1984, Donnie Johnson was working at Force Camping Sales in Memphis, Tennessee, along with Ronnie McCoy, who was signed out of a Penal Farm, where he was serving a four month sentence for false reporting. Johnson’s wife, Connie arrived at the store at the end of the work day. According to McCoy’s testimony, he left Johnson and Connie alone in the sales office. When he returned, Johnson showed him Connie’s body. Johnson had killed Connie by suffocating her. McCoy then helped dispose of her body.
The following day, Johnson recruited his boss to help search for his missing wife. Connie’s body was found inside of her vehicle, with a plastic bag stuffed in her mouth. They only set of keys to the vehicle were discovered in Johnson’s truck, along with several other personal belongings of Connie.
Johnson has denied killing his wife, saying he left McCoy and Connie alone in the office and McCoy killed her for the $450 in shopping money he had given her. Initially, Johnson denied any involvement in his wife’s murder, nor did he initially implicate McCoy.
Johnson was sentenced to death on November 25, 1985. Since Johnson was sentenced to death prior to 1999, he is able to choose if he wants to be executed by lethal injection or via the electric chair. Inmates generally make their selection one month before their execution date, however, Johnson has yet to select his method. If he does not make a choice, he will be executed by lethal injection. Attorneys for Johnson have said that Johnson is intentionally withholding his decision, until the Supreme Court of the United States rules on a challenge to the state's lethal injection drugs. Johnson has also asked Governor Bill Lee for clemency.
Please pray for peace and healing for the family of Connie Johnson. Please pray for strength for the family of Donnie Johnson. Please pray that if Donnie is innocent, lacks the competency to be executed, or should not be executed for any other reason, that evidence will be presented prior to his execution. In past letters written to The Forgiveness Foundation Christian Ministries, Inc., Donnie has expressed his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray that his relationship with Christ will continue to grow and give him strength and peace during this time.
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