On August 22, 2007, Texas is set to execute Johnny Conner for the May 1998 murder of Kathyanna Nguyen.
Note: If the executions to date take place as scheduled, Johnny Conner will be the 400th individual executed by the state of Texas since 1982.
The state of Texas should not execute Conner for his role in this crime. Executing Conner would violate the right to life as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Furthermore, Conner claims ineffective assistance of counsel, as his lawyers called no witnesses during the guilt/innocence phase of the trial. Conner alleges that the photo spread from which witnesses chose his picture was suggestive, and not all of the witnesses could identify Conner.