Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) denied clemency to Brian Dorsey, who faces execution on Tuesday for the 2006 murder of his cousin and her husband. “Brian Dorsey punished his loving family for helping…
Mike Parson ® denied clemency to Brian Dorsey, who faces execution on Tuesday for the 2006 murder of his cousin and her husband.
The governor’s decision to proceed with Dorsey’s injection comes after his legal team filed a clemency application, stressing Dorsey’s “extraordinary rehabilitation” behind bars, his apparent mental state on the night of the murders as well as inadequate legal representation at trial, according to reports from CNN.
The petition gathered over 150 signatories to letters urging Parson to commute Dorsey’s sentence to life without parole.
According to The Kansas City Star, supporters included 72 corrections employees, five jurors, three Republican state representatives and former Missouri Supreme Court justice Michael Wolff, who originally upheld Dorsey’s death sentence in 2009.
“Governor Parson has chosen to ignore the wealth of information before him showing that Brian Dorsey is uniquely deserving of mercy,” she said in a statement, reported by the Associated Press.
“Brian has spent every day of his time in prison trying to make amends for his crime, and dozens of correctional officers have attested to his remorse, transformation, and commitment to service.
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Mike Parson ® denied clemency to Brian Dorsey, who faces execution on Tuesday for the 2006 murder of his cousin and her husband.
The governor’s decision to proceed with Dorsey’s injection comes after his legal team filed a clemency application, stressing Dorsey’s “extraordinary rehabilitation” behind bars, his apparent mental state on the night of the murders as well as inadequate legal representation at trial, according to reports from CNN.
The petition gathered over 150 signatories to letters urging Parson to commute Dorsey’s sentence to life without parole.
According to The Kansas City Star, supporters included 72 corrections employees, five jurors, three Republican state representatives and former Missouri Supreme Court justice Michael Wolff, who originally upheld Dorsey’s death sentence in 2009.
“Governor Parson has chosen to ignore the wealth of information before him showing that Brian Dorsey is uniquely deserving of mercy,” she said in a statement, reported by the Associated Press.
“Brian has spent every day of his time in prison trying to make amends for his crime, and dozens of correctional officers have attested to his remorse, transformation, and commitment to service.
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Gotta love a guy shitting on the corrections system actually working for once (at least, if the article is to be believed).