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Gov. Parson also denied a clemency plea for Kevin Johnson, who was convicted of murdering a Kirksville police officer in 2005.

Gov. Parson also denied a clemency plea for Kevin Johnson, who was convicted of murdering a Kirksville police officer in 2005.

Kevin Johnson was executed by lethal injection around 8 p.m. Tuesday for the 2005 murder of a Kirkwood police Sgt. William McEntee, a crime Johnson committed at 19 years old.

Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith argued the state violated the U.S. Constitution.

Kevin Johnsons attorneys say there was racial bias involved in his sentencing back in 2007.

Alabama has paused the carrying out of death sentences after a series of cases in which the state struggled with the procedure.

"My dad is the most important person in my life. He has been there for me my whole life, even though hes been incarcerated," Corionsa "Khorry" Ramey said.

Kevin Johnsons attorneys say there was racial bias involved in his sentencing back in 2007.

A Missouri teenager is petitioning a federal court to let her watch her father be executed via lethal injection.

MONTGOMERY — Alabamas moratorium on executions appear to support data indicating lethal injection as the most botched form of capital punishment.