Last-minute legal efforts seek to halt the execution of Kevin Johnson who murdered a Kirkwood officer

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – Kevin Johnson, 37, faces execution by deadly injection for the killing of Kirkwood Police Sgt. William McEntee. The execution is about for November 29, however last-minute authorized efforts search to spare his life.

“It would mean the world to me because I have a son that needs his papa and I’m a daughter who needs her dad,” stated Corionsa Ramey, the 19-year-old daughter of Johnson.

Ramey and others are holding out hope for a keep within the execution.

On Monday afternoon, the Missouri Supreme Court will hear motions in search of to remain the execution. Governor Mike Parson may additionally grant clemency which might lead to Johnson spending the remainder of his life in jail.

“He was a 19-year-old kid who made a horrible mistake, and he is definitely remorseful, and he deserves to live,” stated Michelle Smith, spokesperson for Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

On July 5, 2005, Johnson shot and killed McEntee, 43. McEntee was a 20-year veteran of the division, a husband and father of three kids.

News 4 reached out to members of the McEntee household and the Kirkwood Police Department, however they declined to touch upon the pending execution.

Johnson’s daughter has filed an emergency movement to be current for her father’s execution if it goes on as scheduled.

In Missouri, an individual beneath the age of 21 is barred from witnessing an execution.

Smith says if an individual could be sentenced to demise at 19, his member of the family has the correct to witness when the state executes her father.

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