2009 Texas Execution #14: Derrick Lamone Johnson

The latest execution in Texas was reported in today's Dallas Morning News in a little blurb on page 2 of the B section of the paper.

This time it was a Dallas man, Derrick Lamone Johnson, who got the lethal needle for the rape-murder of a Dallas woman, LaTausha Curry, who he abducted while she was trying use a pay phone 10 years ago.

Johnson's final words were a bit odd. He said, "Don't cry. It's my situation. I got it. Hold tight. It's going to shine on the golden child." He then told his mother, witnessing her son's execution, "I love you. That concludes the statement."

With last night's administration of the lethal needle in the Texas Death Chamber it brings the year's total in Texas to 14.