A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than 25 years ago is put to death, becoming the fifth person executed in the U.S. this year.
last month in Texas. Eleven people were executed in the U.S. last year, the fewest since 1988.
Deck ordered the couple to lie on their stomachs on their bed. Court records said Deck stood there for 10 minutes deciding what to do, then shot James Long twice in the head before doing the same thing to Zelma Long. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his second sentence in 2005, citing the prejudice caused by Deck being shackled in front of the sentencing jury., 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.
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