Missouri has executed its 129th inmate. Kevin Johnson took his last breath at the state prison in Bonne Terre Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m. Johnson, 37, was in prison for about 17 years before being put to death. He was given the death sentence for the...
The state of Missouri is on track to execute Kevin Johnson on Tuesday. After a last-minute hearing Monday, the Missouri Supreme Court has denied requests intended to block the state’s planned execution of Johnson. Johnson, 37, was sentenced to death for the 2005...
In the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Central Division, a federal judge denied the motion for 19-year-old Corionsa, aka Khorry, Ramey to attend the scheduled execution of her father, Kevin Johnson, Jr. On Ramey’s behalf, the American Civil...