Judge Denies Missouri Prosecutor Request to Halt Execution

Judge Denies Missouri Prosecutor Request to Halt Execution
Kevin Johnson. Missouri Department of Corrections via AP
The Associated Press
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O'FALLON, Mo.—A Missouri man who killed a police officer still faces execution later this month after a judge denied a special prosecutor’s request to halt the death sentence.

Kevin Johnson is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 29. The 37-year-old killed Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005.