Execution stayed ….

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the execution of a triple murderer and expressed frustration over Gov. Charlie Crist’s decision to sign a death warrant while the killer still had appeals pending.

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Paul Beasley Johnson lawyer seek stay.

The Ledger.com reports Stay of Execution effort

Death Warrant for Paul Johnson plus TCADP activites.

Dear TCADP members,

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a Death Warrant for Paul Johnson who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:00 pm at the Florida State Prison near Starke.

Paul Johnson was convicted for the 1981 killing of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Theron Burnam, Winter Haven taxi driver William Evans and Lakeland painter Darrell Beasley.

If this execution proceeds, TCAD will hold a  vigil at 6 p.m. outside of the governor’s mansion the day of the execution, and it will hold a commemoration for the Paul Johnson, Theron Burnham, William Evans and Darrell Beasley at noon the next day in the atrium of  the state capitol.
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Judd launched petition for execution

Crist Signs Death Warrant for Murderer

Paul Beasley Johnson was convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy, 2 others in 1981. Appeal pending before Fla. Supreme Court.

By Suzie Schottelkotte & Jason Geary
THE LEDGER

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:56 p.m.

LAKELAND | A week after Polk Sheriff Grady Judd initiated an online petition seeking condemned cop killer Paul Beasley Johnson’s execution, Gov. Charlie Crist signed a death warrant Wednesday for Johnson, who murdered a sheriff’s deputy and two others in January 1981.

Paul Beasley Johnson was brought this morning from death row to be in court for a case management hearing in Bartow, Fla. on Friday March 21, 2003. Read More