The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled an April 9 execution date for convicted double killer Brian Dorsey. The 51-year-old New Bloomfield man is under two death sentences for shooting and killing his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben Bonnie on Christmas Eve 2006. Both victims were shot in the head with a shotgun. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” from the Governor’s prayer breakfast in Jefferson City, telling listeners that Dorsey should be executed. Bailey rejects criticism from death penalty opponents that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. General Bailey also says the most important First Amendment lawsuit in our nation’s history is before the U.S. Supreme Court, noting his office will argue the case in March in Washington:
(LISTEN): Attorney General Andrew Bailey appears live on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled an April 9 execution date for convicted double killer Brian Dorsey. The 51-year-old New Bloomfield man is under two death sentences for shooting and killing his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben Bonnie on Christmas Eve 2006. Both victims were shot in the head with a shotgun. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” from the Governor’s prayer breakfast in Jefferson City, telling listeners that Dorsey should be executed. Bailey rejects criticism from death penalty opponents that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. General Bailey also says the most important First Amendment lawsuit in our nation’s history is before the U.S. Supreme Court, noting his office will argue the case in March in Washington:
Missouri executes convicted killer Johnny Johnson
An eastern Missouri man who beat a six-year-old girl to death with a brick and boulder more than 21 years ago has been executed by lethal injection.
Missouri’s governor rejected a clemency request from 45-year-old Johnny Johnson of Valley Park, who also tried to rape six-year-old Casey Williamson.
Johnson’s lawyers say Johnson was not mentally competent to be executed. The U-S Supreme Court rejected a late defense request for a stay, with three justices dissenting.
Governor Mike Parson says his office has received countless letters in the last few weeks, supporting the execution. The Missouri Supreme Court ordered the execution in April. Former St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch, who prosecuted Johnson in 2002, attended the execution. Mr. McCulloch tells the Associated Press that the arguments from Johnson’s attorneys were “nonsense” and that Johnson inflicted what he calls unspeakable horrors on Casey Williamson.
Missouri’s governor: Tuesday’s execution of convicted killer Johnson will proceed
Missouri’s governor says a man who was convicted of the gruesome killing of a six-year-old girl in Valley Park 21 years ago will be executed Tuesday evening in Bonne Terre.
Governor Mike Parson has rejected a clemency request from 45-year-old Johnny Johnson, saying the 2002 murder of Casey Williamson “is one of the most horrific murders that has come across my desk.” Governor Parson says Johnson tried to rape Casey in an abandoned glass factory before hitting her in the head with a brick and crushing her skull with a “basketball-sized boulder.”
The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered the execution to take place this evening at the maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre. Barring intervention from the U-S Supreme Court, Johnson will be executed by lethal injection after 6 tonight.
Governor Parson says his office has received countless letters in the last few weeks seeking justice for Casey Williamson. Johnson’s lawyers requested clemency, saying Johnson is not mentally competent to understand why he’s being put to death. Governor Parson disagrees, saying Johnson understands that he’s going to be executed because of his crime.
U.S. Reps. Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Kansas City) urged Governor Parson to grant clemency for Johnson.
(AUDIO): U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) discusses U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on student debt on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision on Friday that struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student debt for more than 43-million American borrowers. U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) is blasting the ruling, calling for expanding the court. She tweeted on Friday that “Student debt cancellation is a racial justice issue — Black and brown people are disproportionately harmed by the student debt crisis. Inaction is not an option.” One of Congresswoman Bush’s colleagues, U-S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth), disagrees with her call to expand the court. Congressman Luetkemeyer tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that the U.S. Supreme Court made the correct decision:
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