USA - Louisiana (Federal). A federal jury unanimously sentenced John Wayne Johnson to death today

A federal jury unanimously sentenced John Wayne Johnson to death today for killing an Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy during a botched bank robbery on Jan. 8, 2004. The same jury had convicted Johnson, 56, black, on May 19 of killing Lt. Sidney Zaffuto, 50. U.S. District Court Judge Ginger Berrigan must set a date to formally sentence Johnson, but is required by law to impose the jury's death sentence. Johnson admitted that he was responsible for Zaffuto's death but denied it was intentional.