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Missouri Executes Brian Dorsey Despite Widespread Calls for Clemency

Brian Dorsey, convicted of a 2006 double murder, was executed despite pleas from correctional officers, a judge, jurors, and victim family members.

This undated handout photo courtesy of Jeremy Weis shows Brian Dorsey. A Missouri man convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband is to be executed in Missouri on April 9 despite widespread calls for his life to be spared. Brian Dorsey, 52, is to be put to death by lethal injection at 6:00 pm Central Time (2300 GMT) for the 2006 murders of Sarah Bonnie, 25, and her husband Ben Bonnie, 28, in New Bloomfield, Missouri. Dorsey pleaded guilty to shooting the couple with a shotgun after they took him in for the night to protect him from drug dealers who were trying to collect on a debt.
Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey was executed Tuesday in Missouri after multiple failed attempts to stay the execution.
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Overview

  • Missouri executed Brian Dorsey, 52, for the 2006 murder of his cousin and her husband, despite a broad campaign for clemency.
  • More than 70 correctional officers, a judge who upheld Dorsey's death sentence, several jurors, and some victim family members pleaded for his life to be spared.
  • Dorsey, who had been on death row for 16 years, maintained a record of good behavior and worked as a barber in the prison's 'honor dorm'.
  • Governor Mike Parson declined a clemency request, allowing the execution to proceed as per Missouri law and the court's order.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court denied last-minute attempts to halt the execution, including challenges to the lethal injection protocol and claims of Dorsey's full rehabilitation.