"Petition Urges Missouri Governor to Pardon Death Row Inmate Brian Dorsey"
TL;DR
More than 150 people, including prison workers, state representatives, and a retired judge, are urging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to commute the death sentence of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled for execution on April 9 for the 2006 killings of his cousin and her husband. Supporters argue that Dorsey's defense was compromised, and that he was in a drug-induced psychosis at the time of the killings. Despite the attorney general's statement about aggravating factors, many believe that executing Dorsey would be a pointless cruelty and a dishonor to the justice system.
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- More than 150 people call on Missouri governor to forgive Brian Dorsey’s death penalty The Guardian US
- He's on Death Row for Murders. Prison Workers Say He Should Be Spared. The New York Times
- Facing Execution, Brian Dorsey Says Missouri Paid His Lawyers Too Little The Marshall Project
- Missouri man asks Supreme Court to halt execution. Bush asks Parson to commute sentence. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Brian Dorsey set to be first person executed by Missouri in 2024. A former judge wants to stop it KCUR
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