Missouri 19-year-old can't watch her father's execution, judge rules

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Kevin Johnson, 37, has been in prison since Ramey was 2 for the 2005 killing of William McEntee, a police officer in Kirkwood, Missouri."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.Johnson had asked for his daughter to be a witness to his death, along with a spiritual adviser, an older brother and his elementary school principal, said Michelle Smith, co-director of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.Johnson saw officers arrive and awakened his 12-year-old brother, Joseph "Bam Bam" Long, who ran next door to their grandmother’s house.Kay Ivey to pause executions in her state after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection is all that's keeping this month from being the busiest for executions nationwide in several years."

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