Convicted child killer from Atmore gets October execution date

MONTGOMERY, Alabama 
An Atmore man who admitted beating his 6-month-old son to death is scheduled for execution on Oct. 20.
The Alabama Supreme Court announced the execution date today for Christopher T. Johnson.
Johnson served as his own attorney at his trial in Escambia County in 2006. He testified that he intentionally hit and suffocated his son, Elias Ocean Johnson, on Feb. 20, 2005, because he hated his wife.
He asked for the death penalty. The jury and judge obliged.
Assistant Attorney General Clay Crenshaw says Johnson declined further appeals after the Alabama Court of Criminals Appeals upheld his death sentence in December 2009.