SHANNON M. JOHNSON EXECUTED IN DELAWARE ON APRIL 20, 2012

            Shannon M. Johnson was executed by lethal injection in Delaware on this date, April 20, 2012 for the murder of Cameron Hamlin on September 24, 2006. He was put to death only after six years of them murder as he needed a suicide assist. I will post information about him from clarkprosecutor.org. Please go to the Unit 1012 Blog to hear from the victim’s families.

Shannon M. Johnson

 

Victim, Cameron Hamlin

Citations:
Johnson v. State, 983 A.2d 904 (Del. 2009). (Direct Appeal) 

Last Words:
"Loyalty is important. Without loyalty you have nothing. Death before dishonor." Johnson then made a statement in Arabic. 

Last Meal:
Chicken Lo Mein, carrots, cake, wheat bread with margarine, and iced tea. 

Internet Sources:
Delaware Department of Correction
Shannon M. Johnson
DOB: 11/18/1983
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 09/05/2008
Date of Offense: 09/24/2006 

NOTE: In June of 1986 legislation was enacted that made lethal injection the mode of execution in Delaware. The law also stipulates that persons sentenced to death prior to the laws enactment, have the choice of choosing their mode of execution (either hanging or lethal injection). 

On April 11, 1994, Governor Thomas R. Carper signed into law legislation (Senate Bill #57) that mandates the time that an execution is to be carried out (between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 03:00 a.m.) 

ProDeathPenalty.Com

On the morning of September 24, 2006, Cameron Hamelin was shot intentionally and killed while seated in his vehicle at the intersection of Jessup and Vandever Streets in Wilmington. Lakeisha Truitt, who was in the passenger seat of Hamelin's vehicle, was not struck. Lakeisha called 911 and identified Shannon Johnson, the father of her child, as the shooter. Johnson was not apprehended immediately. Weeks later, on November 10, 2006, Lakeisha Truitt was driving her vehicle in Wilmington, near her home on 35th Street, when she was shot intentionally. She survived and identified Johnson as the person who shot her. On November 15, 2006, Johnson was arrested in Wilmington at the home of a female friend, Rima Stewart. In sentencing Johnson to death, the judge noted his long criminal history, including the 2002 rape of a teenager who was seven months pregnant.