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~ Carman Deck, 03May22, (MO) ~
By: BuzzC Date: April 26, 2022, 1:07 pm
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Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for Carman Deck--
April 2, 2022
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A Missouri man whose death sentence was overturned three times
before being reinstated is now scheduled to die in May for
killing a small-town couple nearly 26 years ago.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday set a May 3 execution date
for Carman Deck. Executions in Missouri are carried out at the
prison in Bonne Terre.
James and Zelma Long were fatally shot during a robbery inside
their home in De Soto, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southwest
of St. Louis, in July 1996. Deck confessed to the killings and
was sentenced to death in 1998. The Missouri Supreme Court threw
out the sentence due to errors by Deck’s trial lawyer.
After he was sentenced a second time, the U.S. Supreme Court
tossed that sentence in 2005, citing the prejudice caused by
Deck being shackled in front of the sentencing jury.
He was sentenced to death for the third time in 2008. In 2017,
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry determined that
“substantial” evidence arguing against the death penalty in
Deck’s first two penalty phases was unavailable for the third
because witnesses had died, couldn’t be found, or declined to
cooperate.
In October 2020, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals restored the death penalty, ruling that Deck
should have raised his concern first in state court, not federal
court.
Court records said Deck and his sister went to the Long home
under the guise of asking for directions, but with the intent to
rob them. Deck pulled a pistol from his waistband and ordered
them to lie face down on their bed. He shot them in the head.
Prosecutors said Deck later gave a full account of the killings
in oral, written, and audiotaped statements.
Only 11 people were executed in the U.S. last year, the fewest
since 1988. Among them was Ernest Lee Johnson, who was put to
death in Missouri in October for killing three Columbia
convenience store workers in 1994.
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Re: ~ Carman Deck, 03May22, (MO) ~
By: BuzzC Date: May 3, 2022, 8:08 pm
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DOUBLE MURDERER CARMAN DECK EXECUTED--
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Twenty-six years after James and Zelma Long were murdered
execution-style in their DeSoto, Missouri, home, their killer
met his death.
Carman Deck was executed at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic
and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Tuesday evening.
In the presence of witnesses, of which Missourinet served, Deck
was injected at 6:02 p.m. with the lethal combination of drugs
that ended his life.
Within a minute after the injection started, Deck seemed to fall
asleep, but his chest and abdomen appeared to become too still
for breathing.
Deck, Missouri Department of Corrections Inmate #990144, was
pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022.
In a statement, Governor Mike Parson said, “James and Zelma Long
were innocent victims of Carman Deck’s heinous violence.
Tonight, justice was served. The Department of Corrections
carried out the sentence recommended by the jury and ordered by
the court. Our thoughts remain with the victim’s family members
and hope that they can find closure.”
The DOC said there were 14 witnesses for the victims and zero
for Deck.
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