A Missouri man has been executed for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago. The execution took place after the US Supreme Court rejected the inmate's final appeals.
A Missouri man has been executed for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed.
Dorsey, 52, formerly of Jefferson City, was convicted of killing Sarah and Ben Bonnie on Dec. 23, 2006, at their home near New Bloomfield. Prosecutors said that earlier that day, Dorsey had called Sarah Bonnie seeking to borrow money to pay two drug dealers who were at his apartment. Dorsey’s execution raised new concerns about Missouri’s single-drug protocol, which includes no provision for the use of anesthetics. Dorsey’s attorneys described him as obese, diabetic and a former intravenous drug user, all factors that could have made it difficult to obtain a vein to inject the lethal drug. When that happens, a cutdown procedure is sometimes necessary.Barbed wire fences encircles the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri.
Hours before the execution, the Supreme Court turned aside both of Dorsey’s appeals without comment. His lawyers had urged the high court to step in, saying he had shown good behaviour in prison and had been rehabilitated. They also argued a US$12,000 flat fee paid to his two public defenders gave them incentive to hurry through the case. On their recommendation, Dorsey pleaded guilty despite having no agreement with prosecutors to spare him from the death penalty.
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