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Joseph Mitchell Yogi Parsons (July 22 1964 – October 15 1999) was an American who was executed for the August 1987 murder of Richard Lynn Ernest. Parsons hitched a ride with Ernest in California and stabbed him to death at a remote rest area in Utah. After assuming Ernest’s identity Parsons continued to insist that he was Ernest when he was later arrested.Parsons who called himself the Rainbow Warrior pleaded guilty to the murder.
