Donnie Johnson of Memphis executed for 1984 murder of wife

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 16, 2019 11:31 PM CT | Published: May 16, 2019 7:45 PM CT

The state of Tennessee executed Donnie Johnson of Memphis Thursday, 35 years after he murdered his wife, Connie, by stuffing a 30-gallon garbage bag down her throat.

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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