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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Marcus

Missouri jurors sentenced Michael Tisius to die for killing prison guards. So why did they change their mind?

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Civil rights advocates, world leaders, and, in a rare turn of events, a number of former jurors have come out against the planned Tuesday execution of Michael Tisius, a Missouri man who was sentenced to death for killing two jail guards.

“I feel angry and remorseful,” former juror Jason Smith told The New York Times. “I feel that I wronged Michael.”

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