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An Oklahoma death row inmate set to be executed this week says he knows he committed a "horrible crime" when he killed his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter, but that he doesn't deserve to die. His victims' loved ones say justice is long overdue.

He set fire to his ex and her baby. Now Oklahoma is executing him.

Raymond Eugene Johnson is set to be executed by lethal injection for the brutal 2007 murders of 24-year-old Brooke Whitaker and her 7-month-old baby girl Kya.

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