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Missouri is Trying to Bar Me From My Father’s Execution. Governor Parson Must Intervene.

My father Kevin Johnson, Jr. was sentenced to death for a crime committed at 19 years old, but the state is preventing me from attending his execution because I am that very age.

November 28, 2022

Federal Judge Denies Daughter’s Emergency Request to Attend Father’s Missouri Execution

A federal judge has denied the emergency petition brought by a 19-year-old woman to attend the imminent execution of her father, Kevin Johnson, Jr., in Missouri. Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey brought an emergency challenge to a Missouri law that bars people under 21 from witnessing an execution.

November 25, 2022

Daughter Seeks Emergency Order to Attend her Father’s Execution, Despite Missouri Law

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency motion on behalf of Ms. Ramey today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. A Missouri law bars people under the age of 21 from being present at an execution. Mr. Johnson, whose execution is scheduled for Nov. 29

November 21, 2022

ACLU of Missouri Files Federal Lawsuit Against Advanced Correctional Healthcare and Pettis County for Denying Life-Saving Medication to an Inmate

The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against Advanced Correctional Healthcare (ACH) and Pettis County for denying an incarcerated individual access to life-saving medication after HIV diagnosis.

November 18, 2022

Gender-Affirming Care Gave My Daughter a Future. Lawmakers Want to Take it Away.

Lacey Jennen and her family are one of several who are fighting an anti-trans Arkansas law via Brandt v. Rutledge.

November 18, 2022

Bobby Bostic is a Free Man, ACLU of Missouri Commits to Crushing the School to Prison Pipeline

Bobby Bostic walked out of Algoa Correctional Center a free man after serving 27 years of an unconstitutional 241-year sentence that was given to him for nonhomicide crimes he committed when he was 16 years old.

November 10, 2022