Missouri Man Executed for Murdering Cop Despite Claims of Prosecutor's Racial Bias

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“Make no mistake about it, Missouri capitally prosecuted, sentenced to death, and killed Kevin Johnson because he is Black.”

on Nov. 1 in an email, “I’m 100% remorseful and I hate myself for July 5, 2005.” On Monday, he wrote in a separate note to areporter: “I am unconditionally sorry for my actions.” Earlier this month, special prosecutor E. E.

Keenan filed an unsuccessful motion to vacate Johnson’s death sentence, arguing that his trial prosecutor had made a “deliberate” attempt to strike Black jurors from the pool, and had treated Johnson differently than a white defendant accused of the same crime. “Tonight, the State of Missouri killed Kevin Johnson, an amazing father to his daughter Khorry, and a completely rehabilitated man,” Johnson’s lawyer, Shawn Nolan, said in a statement.

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