USA (North Carolina): Further information on death penalty / legal concern: Johnnie Lee McKnight
A hearing into Johnnie McKnight's competency to stand trial will resume on 18 September 2000. The prosecution is continuing to seek both to try this learning disabled, mentally ill young man, and to obtain a death sentence against him for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 17 years old.
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