A 19-year-old Missouri woman can't be a witness to her father's execution after a judge ruled that a state law barring her from being present because of her age is constitutional.
after a judge ruled Friday that a state law barring her from being present because of her age is constitutional.this week on behalf of Khorry Ramey asking a federal court to allow her to attend her father's planned execution Tuesday.
Johnson had asked for his daughter to be a witness to his death, along with a spiritual adviser, an older brother and his elementary school principal, said Michelle Smith, co-director of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.says that no person younger than 21 can witness an execution. In its emergency filing, the ACLU argued that the statute violates Ramey's constitutional rights by"singling out adults younger than 21 ...
"I am my dad's closest living relative and he is mine, other than my baby son," Ramey said."If my dad were dying in the hospital, I would stick by his side and hold his hand, praying until his death." Kendrick said denying Ramey the ability to see her father's final moments is"gratuitous punishment" after she also lost her mother when she was 4. Ramey was a witness to the killing of her mother, who was shot by an ex-boyfriend, Kendrick said.
Johnson saw officers arrive and awoke his 12-year-old brother, Joseph"Bam Bam" Long, who ran next door to their grandmother’s house. Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.
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