Death Row Information

Offender Information

Last Statement

Date of Execution:

May 20, 2025

Offender:

Johnson, Matthew #999586

Last Statement:

First and foremost, I would like to give all praises to God. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here on this Earth. I thank him for the life he has given me. To Mrs. Harris' family, as I look at each and every one of you, I see her on that day. I just please ask for y'all's forgiveness, I never meant to hurt her. I pray that she's the first person that I see when I open my eyes, and I will spend eternity with her. To my spiritual advisors, I love y'all, thank you. To all the administration at the Polunsky Unit for helping me and treating me like a man and treating me with fairness and giving me the opportunity to get in right standings with my Lord. To my beautiful wife, I'm sorry baby. I'm sorry for giving up, I'm sorry for quitting. I ask that you forgive me as well. To our beautiful daughters that you bore, Makayi, Deja, Maddox, I ask that you forgive me for giving up on y'all and walking away. Just know that it's nothing that y'all did. I made wrong choices, I've made wrong decisions, and now I pay the consequences. For all my brothers back on the row, I love y'all man, y'all continue on. Jesus is the way brothers, he is the only way. Thank you to my field ministers, my spiritual advisors, and my mentors. Thank you, brothers, for sitting with me, praying with me, just know man, you know who I'm talking to it wasn't your fault. If it wasn't from you, I would have got it somewhere. I thank the Lord for the last thirteen years, he has given me the opportunity to ask for his forgiveness, and I thank him for his redemption. Welcome me father, thank each and every one of you for being here. I'm done, Warden.