2 months ago
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(CNN) — Kevin Johnson — a death row inmate who was convicted in the 2005 murder of a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer but claimed racial bias in his prosecution — was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. He didn’t give a final statement, according to Missouri Department of Corrections spokesperson Karen Pojmann. A day earlier, the Missouri Supreme Court had similarly denied Johnson’s request for a stay after Johnson and his attorneys argued racial discrimination played a role in his prosecution. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office argued against a stay, saying the claims were without merit. He left behind a wife, a daughter and two sons, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
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