Matthew Lee Johnson was convicted of killing Nancy Harris in Garland, Texas in May 2012. Harris died five days after Johnson lit her on fire during a robbery.

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A Texas man asked for forgiveness before he was executed on Tuesday for the murder of a grandmother who he set on fire during a robbery 13 years ago. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.