As a Missouri man’s execution date approaches, a team of attorneys, Missouri’s public defender system and a human rights organization are all asking Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to grant him clemency in light of the abuse he endured as a child, jurors who have changed their minds and the role of a co-conspirator. Michael Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by lethal injection June 6. He was convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers in June 2000. Tisius’ lawyers recently submitted a 56-page clemency application to the governor. The document is sprinkled with drawings — sunflowers, portraits of dogs and the Virgin Mary — created by Tisius, who said art has been an emotionally and mentally therapeutic outlet throughout his years at Potosi Correctional Center. It also includes statements from jurors and an archbishop who is a personal representative of Pope Francis who support commuting his sentence to life without parole. Tisius suffered beatings and neglect in childhood, lead pois...