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| | Table of Contents and Excerpt, Sorensen and Pilgrim, Lethal Injection |
 | | On July 30, 1964, Joseph Johnson, a fl man convicted of murdering a Chinese grocer during a robbery in Houston while on parole, walked the infamous "last mile" at the Walls Unit of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, from death row to the death chamber. |
 | | It was fairly clear that the historical practice of lynching fl offenders for raping white victims in the South had been merely transformed and legitimized by subsequent "legal" executions by the state. |
 | | He had previously been arrested for molestation, aggravated assault, attempted rape, armed robbery, assault and battery, burglary, hit and run, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of amphetamines, possession of marijuana, possession of an unregistered firearm, escape, theft, and driving while intoxicated. |
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