Judge Denies 19-Year-Old’s Ask to Attend Father’s Execution

Judge Denies 19-Year-Old’s Ask to Attend Father’s Execution
Kevin Johnson. Missouri Department of Corrections via AP
The Associated Press
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ST. LOUIS—A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.

Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005. Johnson’s lawyers have appeals pending that seek to spare his life.