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Christopher Thomas Johnson

38 years old · died October 20, 2011 · Holman Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Christopher Thomas Johnson, 38, was executed by lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, on October 20, 2011. His brother, Thomas Eugene Lagos, spent the day visiting him and was the only family member in the witness room. Johnson was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m., and his last words were "Game over." Lagos described the medical event as cardiac arrest, a description a corrections spokesman said was not accurate.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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