Dorsey, convicted in a double murder, was executed after more than 15 years on Missouri death row. Dozens of guards signed a letter seeking clemency.
By Ben Brasch, The Washington PostA photo released by the Federal Public Defender, shows inmate Brian Dorsey at the Potosi Correctional Center, Washington County, Missouri.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson denied a separate plea for clemency this week, supported by more than 70 correctional officers. - Family members argued for and against Dorsey’s clemency. A statement from Sarah Bonnie’s side of the family given to local television station KOMU argued Dorsey should receive no reprieve because the couple’s daughter never knew her parents. Meanwhile, video provided by Dorsey’s attorneys show cousins of his saying they want his life spared.
When he learned police were looking for him, he turned himself in and cooperated, his attorneys wrote.Dorsey’s current attorneys argued that their client received ineffective counsel at his trial. Fox wrote a letter to the courts arguing that the flat fee is an issue in this case because it has since been recognized as a violation of American Bar Association guidelines and Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct.
An open question in this case is whether the Eighth Amendment protects from execution people who have been rehabilitated, his attorneys argued in their latest attempt to stay the execution.
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