Death penalty opponents deliver petition supporting clemency for Brian Dorsey

April 5, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

by Genevieve Tlustos

Julie Smith/News Tribune Mary Schantz, right, Susan Renner, second from leff, Terry Lysowski, left, and others bow their head during a prayer before delivering clemency petitions to Gov. Mike Parson's Capitol office Thursday. Missourians to Aboloish the Death Penalty hosted the event in the rotunda for speakers to address the group before hand-carrying the petitions to the governor's office.
Julie Smith/News Tribune Mary Schantz, right, Susan Renner, second from leff, Terry Lysowski, left, and others bow their head during a prayer before delivering clemency petitions to Gov. Mike Parson's Capitol office Thursday. Missourians to Aboloish the Death Penalty hosted the event in the rotunda for speakers to address the group before hand-carrying the petitions to the governor's office.

Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty delivered Thursday over 6,000 signatures to the Governor's Office in support of clemency for Brian Dorsey.

Dorsey received the death penalty for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, while they were sleeping in their home west of New...