Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty has brought us the sad story of a 19-year-old girl who’s too young, under state law, to witness executions, including that of her father.
The US District Court in Western MO denied the plea of #KevinJohnson's daughter to be a witness to his impending execution. This is a denial of her rights and targeting her due to her age. If her dad could be executed for what he did at 19, then why can't she witness it at 19? pic.twitter.com/2D3Rw0Momv
— Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (@MADPMO) November 25, 2022
NBC News reports:
A 19-year-old Missouri woman can’t be a witness to her father’s execution after a judge ruled Friday that a state law barring her from being present because of her age was constitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit this week on behalf of Khorry Ramey asking a federal court to allow her to attend her father’s planned execution Tuesday.
Kevin Johnson, 37, has been in prison since Ramey was 2 for the 2005 killing of William McEntee, a police officer in Kirkwood, Missouri.
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Johnson was 19 at the time of the crime — a parallel that isn’t lost on his supporters.
“It’s ironic that Kevin was 19 years old when he committed this crime and they still want to move forward with this execution, but they won’t allow his daughter who’s 19 at this time in because she’s too young,” Johnsons’ lawyer, Shawn Nolan, told reporters Friday.
So Kevin Johnson was 19 years old with a 2-year-old child when he killed a cop.
A 19-year-old will not be able to watch the state kill her dad—who is her only remaining parent—because Missouri law bars people under 21 from witnessing executions. This country has so many arbitrary laws that do nothing to make people safer. https://t.co/jC6DSql7AW
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) November 26, 2022
It doesn’t matter how you feel about the death penalty. How is this making anyone safer? It’s about power. Heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/4xDRduMrGT
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) November 26, 2022
Insofar as this man got his brother killed as an indirect result of his criminal actions and then murdered a police officer and father of three in cold blood and admits to the murder, my sympathies rest with the children of Sergeant William McEntee.
— Lord Palmerston (@RHPalmerston3) November 26, 2022
Man, terrible. That’s going to keep us up tonight.
— Culper's Canteen Cup Podcast-YouTube (@culperscanteen) November 26, 2022
Does the cop he killed get to watch? Nah he’s still dead
— Carlton Banks (@BillHicks777) November 26, 2022
So sad that a daughter can't watch her dad die because of the absolute horror he inflicted on his victims.
Shut up— J-Dawg (@baldandgassy) November 26, 2022
He admitted to the unprovocked murder of a police officer. Shooting him 4 times, then a final 2 in the head to make sure he was dead, leaving his own 3 children without a father.
He made his own bed to lie in.
— Equality 7-2521 (@Equality7d2521) November 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/z3lleren/status/1596598143050813441
Kevin Johnson executed a police officer by putting two bullets into his head after shooting him multiple times. This is nothing more than a blatant attempt to try and politicize a vicious murderer finally receiving justice.
— Dr. Pepper Texan (@DrPepperTexan) November 26, 2022
Police Sergeant William McEntee's three children and wife were denied watching Kevin Johnson execute their father and husband.
— Foment Liberty (@FomentLiberty) November 26, 2022
— Lady Hecate ⚫️ (@hecate40) November 26, 2022
It sounds to us like just another legal move to push back the execution while they wait for the governor to grant clemency.
Yeah, we’re not heartbroken. Well, we are sorry if this killer is the only father figure this girl has in her life — that’s the real shame.
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