Overview

• Matthew Lee Johnson is set to be executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Texas on the evening of May 20, 2025.
• Johnson was convicted of pouring lighter fluid on 76-year-old Nancy Harris and setting her on fire during a convenience store robbery in Garland, Texas, in 2012.
• Harris, a great-grandmother, suffered severe burns over 40% of her body and died five days after the attack, leaving behind a large family and a grieving community.
• The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Johnson's clemency request, and federal courts rejected his appeals to stay the execution.
• If carried out, Johnson will be the fourth person executed in Texas this year and the 18th nationwide, highlighting Texas's continued use of the death penalty.