Death row inmate Matthew Johnson was executed Tuesday evening for killing a woman he set on fire during a robbery in 2012 in Texas’ fourth execution this year.
Johnson, 49, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m., according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In his final statement, Johnson apologized to the family of the woman he killed, Nancy Harris, and thanked his wife and three kids for supporting him through his incarceration.
“I never meant to hurt [Harris]. I pray that she’s the first person that I see when I open my eyes, and I will spend eternity with her,” Johnson said…