Missouri executes man for killing two jailers in botched jailbreak.

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Michael Tisius, a Missouri man, was executed by lethal injection for killing two sheriff's deputies in a failed bid to free a former cellmate when he was 19 years old. Despite several jurors petitioning for a reduced sentence, Missouri's Republican governor Mike Parson rejected a clemency request for Tisius. Lawyers for Tisius had argued that he should be spared the death penalty as he suffered from mental illness.
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