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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Salter

Judge denies Missouri prosecutor request to halt execution

Missouri Department of Corrections

A Missouri man who killed a police officer still faces execution later this month after a judge denied a special prosecutor's request to halt the death sentence.

Kevin Johnson is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 29. The 37-year-old killed Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005.

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