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The judges’ order comes despite the fact that St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell has filed a motion to throw out the conviction because he no longer believes Marcellus Williams is guilty.
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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.