Missouri Prison Guards & Staff Advocate Against Death Penalty For Model Inmate

Amid the trend for clemency and "restorative" justice . . . This story stands out if only because members of law enforcement join the struggle . . . Check-it:

Brian Dorsey, 51, is set to be executed in April in the 2006 killing of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben Bonnie. He has been held in the Potosi Correctional Center for most of his sentence . . .

60 former and current Missouri Department of Corrections officers and prison staffers wrote a letter asking Republican Gov. Mike Parson to grant Dorsey clemency.

“We are part of the law enforcement community who believe in law and order,” the group wrote in the letter. “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.”

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'Model inmate': Missouri corrections officers seek death penalty reprieve for Brian Dorsey

Brian Dorsey, 51, is set to be executed in April in the 2006 killing of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben Bonnie.