Sixty members of the Missouri Department of Corrections staff members are urging the governor to stop the execution of a "model inmate" who killed his cousin and her husband.
Brian Dorsey was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in 2006 for killing his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben Bonnie. He has been held in the Potosi Correctional Center for most of his sentence.
The Kansas City Star reports 60 former and current Missouri Department of Corrections officers and staff wrote a letter asking Missouri's Gov. Mike Parson to grant Dorset clemency.
“We are part of the law enforcement community who believe in law and order,” the group wrote in the letter, per the Star. “Generally, we believe in the use of capital punishment. But we are in agreement that the death penalty is not the appropriate punishment for Brian Dorsey.”
The letter states Dorsey stays out of trouble and is respectful toward the officers and inmates, per the local outlet. The group also states the inmate is housed in an "honor dorm" which is given to prisoners with good conduct.
Dorsey was also allowed to be a barber. He cut the hair of prisoners and officers, including the former warden of Potosi, Troy Steele, who called Dorsey a "model inmate," reports NBC News.
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According to the Kansas City Star, Parson has denied every clemency request.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Missouri Department of Corrections and Gov. Parson's office for comment.
When is the execution scheduled for?
Dorsey's execution date was set for April 9 at 6 p.m. local time by the Missouri Supreme Court, per the Columbia Daily Tribune, part of the USA TODAY Network.
“As Attorney General, I want to enforce the laws as written, which includes carrying out the lawful sentence that has been upheld by multiple courts, including the nation’s highest court,” said Bailey in a statement. “My office is committed to obtaining justice for victims of heinous crimes, and we will use every tool at our disposal to make Missouri the safest state in the nation.”
What happened in 2006?
Dorsey was in debt to his drug dealers when, on the night of Dec. 23, 2006, he was with his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband, Ben, drinking and playing billiards in New Bloomfield, a city about 13 miles north of Jefferson City, the Daily Tribune reported.
After other friends left, Dorsey killed his cousin and her husband with a shotgun. Dorsey also defiled his cousin's body, and left with cash, his cousin's car and other property to pay off his debts.
Sarah Bonnie's mother found their remains on Christmas Day 2006. Dorsey turned himself in to authorities the next day.
The couple left behind a daughter.
Contributing: Charles Dunlap, Columbia Daily Tribune
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