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Justices Decline to Take Up Case of 40-Year Death Row Inmate

A divided Supreme ... the Court has received, but then rejected, a petition to review an execution taking place in what I would consider especially cruel and unusual circumstances." As an example, ... read more

Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey executed after Supreme Court rejects bids to intervene

Washington — Missouri death row inmate Brian ... told the Supreme Court in a filing that his appointed lawyers provided "grossly deficient representation" in a capital case and pressured their ... read more

Supreme Court won’t block Missouri execution of rehabilitated death row inmate

Dorsey asked the Supreme Court to block his April 9 execution, citing his remorse for the murders and his changes while in prison. Dorsey told the justices he belongs to a unique class of death row ... read more

Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey executed by lethal injection

Washington — Missouri death row inmate Brian ... told the Supreme Court in a filing that his appointed lawyers provided "grossly deficient representation" in a capital case and pressured their ... read more

Missouri death row inmate’s attorneys ask supreme court to block execution

Petition argues that Brian Dorsey is fully rehabilitated and that execution would violate eighth amendment Attorneys for a Missouri death row inmate have asked the US supreme court to block an ... read more

Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court

She told her grandparents that her mother “won’t wake up ... Missouri Supreme Court Justice Michael Wolff wrote that he was on the court when it turned aside an appeal of his death sentence ... read more