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A diverse group of people tried to stop Dorsey’s execution, but both the courts and Gov. Mike Parson declined to halt his death sentence.
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The St. Charles County Republican joined several of his colleagues calling for Gov. Mike Parson to commute Dorsey’s sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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More than 150 people have called for Gov. Mike Parson to grant Brian Dorsey clemency — including corrections officers, Republican state representatives, jurors, and the Missouri Supreme Court judge who upheld Dorsey’s conviction and death sentence in 2009.
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Anyone can record their own StoryCorps conversation online or via the StoryCorps app.
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The Rev. Darryl Gray has seen Missouri’s death penalty firsthand. He prays for its abolition.
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Amber McLaughlin, 49, becomes the first openly transgender woman to be executed in the U.S.
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Barely one month after Kevin Johnson, another St. Louis County defendant is scheduled to be executed.
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Despite great difficulty obtaining drugs for lethal injection, states like Missouri keep killing. The result: botched executions and increased secrecy.
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Prosecutor Bob McCulloch was in Bonne Terre to witness the execution.
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A special prosecutor appointed by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, which secured Johnson’s conviction, concluded that “racist prosecution techniques infected Mr. Johnson’s conviction and death sentence.” The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied motions to halt his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday.