US Supreme Court Won’t Halt Execution of Missouri Death Row Inmate Brian Dorsey

Missouri will move ahead with Brian Dorsey’s execution after a request for clemency was rejected.

Brian Dorsey at the Potosi Correctional Center, Washington County, Mo. Jeremy Weis/Federal Public Defender via AP

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in the execution of a Missouri death row inmate for double homicide more than 15 years ago.

Brian Dorsey is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday evening after the high court declined to take up two appeals he filed. There were no Supreme Court justice dissents that were made public.