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Missouri executes Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder after mercy bid backed by 72 officers

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The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, Sarah and Ben Bonnie.

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  1. Missouri is set to execute Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murders after governor denies clemency

    Headline from KRDO ·

  2. Newest

    Missouri executes Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder after mercy bid backed by 72 officers

    Headline from ABC 7 Chicago ·

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40 articles, oldest first.

  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Advocates for Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey plead for clemency with days to go before his execution (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Missouri this week plans to execute death row inmate Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, but a clemency petition shows scores of people have asked Gov.

  2. CNN

    Advocates for Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey plead for clemency, with days to go before his execution (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Missouri plans to execute death row inmate Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, but a clemency petition shows scores of people have asked Gov. Mike Parsons to spare his life, citing Dorsey’s rehabilitation and what they call an unjust death sentence.

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri inmate nears execution for 2006 killings of cousin and her husband after appeals denied (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday night at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

  4. KRDO

    Missouri is set to execute Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murders after governor denies clemency (opens KRDO)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The state of Missouri is scheduled to execute Brian Dorsey Tuesday evening for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, after the governor declined to grant clemency a day earlier, despite the support of more than 70 correctional officers who believe the inmate’s …

  5. FOX 2 St. Louis

    Missouri set for first execution of 2024 (opens FOX 2 St. Louis)

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    FOX 2 St. Louis's feed description

    Missouri is set to proceed with its first execution of the year tonight, as convicted murderer Brian Dorsey faces the death penalty in Bonne Terre. Dorsey has been found guilty of the 2006 killings of Sarah and Ben Bonnie in their home near New Bloomfield, Missouri, just north of Jefferson City.

  6. NPR

    Despite widespread support for clemency, Missouri will execute death row inmate (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Missouri's governor has denied clemency for Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. The decision comes as dozens, including prison workers, call for his life to be saved.

  7. CNN

    US Supreme Court won’t halt execution of Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder amid mercy bid backed by 70 corrections officers (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The US Supreme Court has declined to halt the execution set for Tuesday evening of Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey, who has professed deep remorse for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband while earning support from more than 70 correctional officers who backed sparing his life.

  8. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday night at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

  9. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Missouri set to execute Brian Dorsey Tuesday for 2006 double murder (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey is set to be executed by the State of Missouri Tuesday evening, for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, despite an outcry of support and efforts from him and his legal team to request clemency. On Monday, Gov.

  10. CBS News

    Brian Dorsey is slated for execution in Missouri. Dozens of prison guards and a former judge want his life spared. (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Brian Dorsey is scheduled to be executed in Missouri for a double slaying in 2009. But dozens of prison guards and a former state Supreme Court justice are among those who want his life spared.

  11. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri inmate executed for 2006 killings of cousin and her husband (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    In a final statement, Brian Dorsey, 52, expressed remorse and sorrow for the killings.

  12. ABC 7 Chicago

    Missouri executes Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder after mercy bid backed by 72 officers (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, Sarah and Ben Bonnie.

  13. KVIA El Paso

    Missouri executes Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder after mercy bid backed by 72 correctional officers (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, after an effort to have his life spared failed in recent days. Dorsey’s time of death was recorded as 6:11 p.

  14. Truthout

    Dispatch From a Missouri Execution: A Microcosm of the US Death Penalty Fight (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The state-sponsored execution of Brian Dorsey on April 9 marked the fifth death row killing in the US this year.

  15. News Nation Now

    Calls to remove death penalty follow Missouri execution (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) called for the death penalty to be abolished after Missouri executed Brian Dorsey, a man who killed his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago.

  16. New York Post

    Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey executed 18 years after killing cousin, her husband: ‘Deeply, overwhelmingly sorry’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Brian Dorsey, 52, apologized for the vicious murder of his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben during his Tuesday execution, 18 years after he killed them and assaulted Sarah.

  17. Washington Examiner

    Missouri man executed for killing cousin and her husband (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Brian Dorsey was executed via lethal injection for murdering his cousin and her husband.

  18. Anchorage Daily News

    Missouri executes Brian Dorsey despite pleas from 70 prison guards (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    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.

  19. WHDH Boston

    Missouri executes Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder after mercy bid backed by 72 correctional officers - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, after

  20. The Guardian

    Missouri death row inmate executed despite widespread calls for clemency (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Brian Dorsey, convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband, put to death amid efforts by many to have his sentence commuted

  21. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Dorsey executed on Tuesday night following SCOTUS denial (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey was executed on Tuesday evening, Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann stated in a news conference. Officials were given the OK to administer the lethal injection to Dorsey at 6:01 p.m. He was dead by 6:11 p.m.

  22. Deutsche Welle

    Missouri executes convicted killer despite clemency appeals – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The mid-western US state's governor rejected a clemency appeal for convicted murderer Brian Dorsey. His execution is the first in Missouri this year and the fifth nationwide.

  23. NBC News

    Missouri executes convicted murderer despite prison staff’s campaign to save him (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

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

  24. New York Post

    70 correctional officers rushed to convicted killer Brian Dorsey’s defense before his execution: ‘model prisoner’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Convicted killer Brian Dorsey was executed in Missouri Tuesday, despite being vouched for by nearly six dozen current and former correctional officers who touted his "exemplary behavior" on death row.

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