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Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution
by Jo Ellen Nott
On November 29, 2022, Missouri administered a lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre to murder prisoner Kevin Johnson, 37. But his 19-year-old daughter was not by his side. That was because a federal judge had ruled that a state law barring Corionsa Ramey ...
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