Brian Dorsey executed in Missouri despite pleas from 72 corrections officers
by Josh Marcus
Apr 10, 2024
3 minutes
The state of Missouri has executed Brian Dorsey, 52, for the 2006 double murder of his cousin Sarah and her husband Ben Bonnie.
In recent months, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, former and current prison workers, and some family members of the victims pushed for Dorsey’s death sentence to be downgraded.
The Missouri inmate was pronounced dead at 6.11pm on Tuesday.
“To all of the family and loved ones I share with Sarah and to all of the surviving family and loved ones of Ben, I am in his final statement, by the . “Words cannot hold the just weight of my guilt and shame...To all those on all sides of this sentence, I carry no ill will or anger, only acceptance and understanding.”
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