The Alternate Times

By Addison Green

September 5, 2029

WEST LIVINGSTON, TEX. — Texas is scheduled to execute the first criminal defendant to be convicted of “wokeness” on Saturday night, after the New Confederate Supreme Court declined to intervene.

Lindsay Johnson, 43, was the sixth grade teacher who a Borden County jury convicted earlier this year under the state’s novel “Stop Wokeness Act.” As part of the law, Texas legislators required all executions to be carried out within one year of conviction and eliminated nearly the entire appeals process previously guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

As established at trial, Johnson informed her students on multiple occasions that there were allegedly “more than two genders” and that it is “okay if you are not comfortable in your body.” Prosecutors designated the crime as aggravated given the number of victims involved.

“I hope this execution sends a message to anyone thinking of illegally indoctrinating our children. In Texas, we follow the teachings of Christ, not the doctrines of drag queens,” said Nancy Albritton, the mother of one of the victims who advocated for the death penalty in Johnson’s case.

The Supreme Court rejected Johnson’s appeal by 8-1. Only Justice Daniel Gregory would have granted Johnson’s petition, writing that he was “unconvinced Ms. Johnson cannot be rehabilitated into the Ways of the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:17), even considering the heinous nature of her offense.”