Missouri Death Row Inmate Executed Despite Pleas for Clemency

Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey, 52, was executed for the 2006 slayings of his cousin and her husband, despite denials of two appeals by the U.S. Supreme Court. Dorsey was pronounced dead after a single-dose injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He had killed the couple, leaving their 4-year-old daughter alone in the home, and was convicted of the murders, sexual assault, and theft. Dorsey's clemency request was denied, and in a final statement, he expressed deep sorrow for the killings.