Under current Missouri law, witnesses to an execution must be at least 21 years old.
For more than a decade, Kevin Johnson has sat on death row for killing Kirkwood Police Sgt. William McEntee. He faces execution by lethal injection for the July 2005 killing.Witnesses to an execution must be at least 21 years old under current Missouri law.
“It is excruciating to know that I am about to lose my dad all over again when the state of Missouri kills him,” Smith read. “Yet I cannot be present for his death simply because of my age.”“It’s ironic that Kevin was 19 years old when he committed this crime, and they are still trying to move forward with his execution, though they won’t allow his daughter, who is 19, [witness the execution] because she’s too young,” Nolan said.
“I am my dad’s closest living relative, and he is mine, other than my baby son,” Smith read. “If my dad was dying in a hospital, I would sit by his side, holding his hand and praying for him until his death. Both as a source of support for him and for me as a necessary part of my grieving process and for my piece of mind.”“I was surprised by his remarks,” Nolan said. “I would say the governor should be more concerned about racism in the court system in Missouri.
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