Gregory Scott Johnson, 40, who sought a reprieve from his execution so he could donate part of his liver to his ailing sister, was executed early today.

He was executed by injection for beating and stomping an 82-year-old woman to death in 1985 and setting her house on fire.

His only words before being executed were: "Everyone has been professional."

Gov. Mitch Daniels rejected Johnson's request for a reprieve yesterday, clearing the way for his death at the Indiana State Prison. The Supreme Court also denied a stay of execution.

Daniels said that he accepted the sincerity of Johnson's motivation but that medical experts had advised against it, because Johnson's sister would likely need a kidney as well and would be better served accepting a full liver and kidney from the same donor through normal channels.

Providence, R.I.

Suspect's injuries not abuse, FBI finds

An FBI-led investigation concluded that Providence police did not use excessive force against a man who appeared in court badly bruised, bleeding and swollen after he was accused of killing a detective at police headquarters.

Esteban Carpio, 26, had blood oozing from the plastic spit shield he was wearing when he appeared in court.

Kenneth Kaiser, the agent in charge of the Boston FBI office, said yesterday that a monthlong review of the department's handling of the case, including interviews with more than a dozen civilian witnesses, found no civil-rights violations.

Police said Carpio hurt himself jumping from a third-story window after he fatally shot Detective Sgt. James Allen with the officer's service weapon April 17.

Roanoke, Va.

"Financial pastor" in fraud plea deal

A man who conducted investment seminars at churches, billing himself as the "financial pastor," pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of bilking investors out of nearly $20 million.

William T. Warren, 53, agreed to a 21-year sentence on the day his federal trial was to have started. The judge scheduled a hearing Sept. 19 to decide whether to accept the plea agreement.

Warren persuaded people to invest their life savings, promising rates of return of up to 40 percent, FBI agent Dave Frey said. Instead, he operated a scheme in which he paid investors who had been with him longer with money from new investors, prosecutors said.

Detroit

$10.6 million awarded over radio host's firing

A jury awarded $10.6 million to a one-time radio host who was fired after complaining a co-worker's perfume made her sick.

Erin Weber said WYCD-FM fired her in 2001 after she complained she was allergic to another host's perfume. She said the station owner, Infinity Broadcasting, discriminated against her for a disability and retaliated after she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Infinity said Weber was fired for not coming to work. The company plans to appeal.

Compiled from The Associated Press