Missouri executes convicted murderer despite prison staff's campaign to save him

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

Despite dozens of prison staffers’ campaign to save him, Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006.

Dorsey, 51, was the first prisoner sentenced to death to be executed in Missouri this year. He was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. local time at the state prison in Bonne Terre after a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital, the Associated Press reported.

In a letter to Gov. Mike Parson asking him to spare Dorsey's life, prison staffers had called Dorsey a “model inmate” who even cut the warden’s hair after being allowed to work as a barber. On Monday, Parson said the execution would go forward.

Dorsey, who had requested clemency, thanked those who tried to save his life.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brian-dorsey-missouri-execution-rcna147113

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To clarify: nobody has claimed he did not commit the murder charged.

[SarahD]

1. Gotta have that vengeance.

Because it will bring the victims back to life.

[lastlib]

2. My state is embarrassing.

The bloodlust of the MAGAts astounds me. When will we put an end to this barbarism?

[Warpy]

3. I knew somebody who wrked on death row years ago

who said most of the inmates were decent once they'd been away from drugs and alcohol. Most had been wasted when they'd committed their crimes and regretted what they'd done. I asked him if he thought they'd stay clean and sober if they got out, and he said "not a chance." He was probably right, they'd drink and drug to forget what they'd done when they'd been drinking and drugging.