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Judge rules Missouri 19-year-old can't see father's execution
Nov 26, 2022 47 secs

A 19-year-old Missouri woman will not be allowed to witness her father's execution after a judge's ruling on Friday.

29 for the 2005 killing of Kirkwood, Missouri police officer William McEntee.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency motion in a Kansas City federal court saying that a state law barring anyone under 21 in Missouri from witnessing an execution serves no safety purpose and violates Ramey's constitutional rights.

District Judge Brian Wimes ruled that the state law is constitutional, saying, "it is in the public's interest to allow states to enforce their laws and administer state prisons without court intervention.".

McEntee, a husband and father of three, was among the police officers sent to Johnson's home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest.

Johnson pulled a gun and shot the officer.

He then approached the wounded, kneeling officer and shot him again, killing him.

The execution would be the first of three in the coming months in Missouri.

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