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Missouri will execute Carman Deck, convicted of 1996 double murder
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri will execute Carman Deck, a St. Louis County man who was convicted of a double homicide in 1996, by deadly injection Tuesday night.
Deck will probably be put to loss of life at Japanese Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Heart at Bonne Terre at 6 p.m. after Gov. Mike Parson mentioned Monday he would permit the execution to proceed and the U.S. Supreme Courtroom denied a petition to have the case stayed.
In 1998, Deck was convicted of first-degree homicide after confessing to killing an older couple, James and Zelma Lengthy, of their residence in De Soto, exterior St. Louis. He has since been sentenced to loss of life three separate instances, every of which was overturned on enchantment — as a consequence of ineffective counsel, sporting seen shackles in entrance of a sentencing jury and most just lately, a scarcity of proof in 2017.
After the loss of life penalty was reinstated by a panel of judges in 2020, the Missouri Supreme Courtroom as soon as once more set his execution date.
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Deck’s protection attorneys and teams opposing the loss of life penalty — together with the ACLU of Missouri, Missouri NAACP and Missourians for Options to the Loss of life Penalty — have referred to as for a halt to the execution. They held a rally final week on the Missouri State Capitol and have urged residents to name Parson’s workplace.
However Parson mentioned in a information launch Monday he would permit Deck’s execution to proceed.
“Mr. Deck has acquired due course of, and three separate juries of his friends have advisable sentences of loss of life for the brutal murders he dedicated,” Parson mentioned. “The State of Missouri will perform Mr. Deck’s sentence in accordance with the courtroom’s order and ship justice.”
A gaggle of Democratic lawmakers despatched a letter to Parson on Monday asking him to halt the execution.
“Our state has a accountability to rise above these impulses and uphold ethical and religious fortitude within the face of evil,” wrote Rep. Ingrid Burnett, a Kansas Metropolis Democrat. “We consider {that a} failure to take action degrades our establishments, threatens our character, and grants an excessive amount of authority to a state equipment that might make the most of that energy flagrantly sooner or later.”
Burnett’s letter was signed by over 20 different Home Democrats, together with Minority Chief Crystal Quade of Springfield.
Deck would be the fourth particular person executed by the state beneath Parson’s tenure as governor. Final 12 months, he allowed for the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson for 3 Columbia murders in 1994, one among 11 executions in the usin 2021. Critics argued the execution of Johnson, who had an mental incapacity, was unconstitutional.
Galen Bacharier covers Missouri politics & authorities for the Information-Chief. Contact him at gbacharier@news-leader.com, (573) 219-7440 or on Twitter @galenbacharier.
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U.S. Open Qualifier Jadeon Carter (2025) Sends Verbal Commitment to Missouri
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Jadeon Carter from Lincoln, Nebraska, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Missouri for the 2025-26 school year and beyond.
“I chose Missouri because of the academic resources and the athletic resources they provide. The team culture makes it feel like home and all of the staff and swimmers are very supportive of me.”
Carter is a rising senior at Lincoln East High School. He swims year-round with Lincoln Select Swimming and is a Winter U.S. Open qualifier in the 200 backstroke. In high school swimming, he is the reigning Nebraska state champion in the 200 free (1:41.20) and 500 free (4:35.12). He holds school records in the 200 fre, 500 free, and 200 free relay, and he made the Academic All-Conference and Athletic All-Conference state teams.
In club swimming, Carter holds the Midwestern Swimming LSC record in the boys’ 13-14 500 free. This summer, he clocked a handful of LCM best times at Columbia Sectionals, placing 13th in the 200 free (1:58.08, PB), 13th in the 400 free (4:11.33), 7th in the 800 free (8:36.40), 16th in the 100 back (59.76 in prelims, PB), 6th in the 200 back (2:06.44, PB), and 12th in the 200 IM (2:12.90, PB). Two weeks later he competed at Midwestern Swimming Long Course Championships, where he won the 200/400/1500 free, 200 back, and 200 IM, and was runner-up in the 100 back. He picked up new times in the 100 free (55.39), 1500 free (16:47.07), and (50 back (29.33).
Best SCY times:
- 200 free – 1:41.20
- 500 free – 4:34.01
- 1000 free – 9:38.10
- 200 back – 1:50.43
- 100 back – 52.41
Carter will join the Tigers’ class of 2029 with fellow verbal commits Drew Ploof, Ben Madson, and Sebastian Gonzalez Barboza. Mizzou finished 8th out of 10 teams in the men’s meet at the 2024 SEC Championships.
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Missouri State football vs. Montana today: Live updates, highlights from Week 1 game
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Missouri State football: Ryan Beard previews Montana
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard held his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s opener at Montana.
Missouri State football season has arrived and an offseason of looking to the 2025 season and its impending move to Conference USA will be set aside for the Bears’ final season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and FCS.
Opening day will present quite a challenge.
Missouri State will open its 2024 season at FCS national runner-up Montana on Saturday in Missoula, Montana, at 8 p.m. This is the first time the two teams have met on the gridiron.
Ryan Beard is entering his second season as Missouri State’s head coach. His team will look to build off a 4-7 season while staying focused on this season despite being ineligible for the FCS Playoffs.
Montana finished last season as the FCS national runner-up. The Grizzlies hope to finish the job this season as they enter the season as the No. 3-ranked team in the country.
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Missouri father uses a funeral to wean daughter off pacifier
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The Bishop family of Festus, Missouri, can smile now, but a few months ago the mood was much more somber as Courtney, Jake and their 3-year-old daughter Hazel said goodbye to a very important member of the family: Hazel’s beloved pacifier.
“It’s not good for her teeth and her jaws and all of that, so we had been trying to wean her off of it for some time,” Jake, 35, said.
Hazel’s beloved pacifier, affectionately known as “Paci,” had been with her for years. Jake knew saying goodbye could come with tears and tantrums, so he searched for creative approaches to ease the transition. He considered options such as cutting off the end of the pacifier, soaking it in vinegar or planting it in a pot.
Instead, Jake chose to give Paci a funeral.
Of course, before the internet, parents used to just take the thing away and deal with the tantrum. But today, for better or worse, young parents like Jake would rather not go to war over a binky. They’re “pacy-fists,” if you will.
“You need them to go through some tough times to really grow as a person but you don’t need to make extra tough times for them,” Jake said. “They’ll have plenty of those coming up.”
Parents delight in making milestones, but those milestones are often bittersweet because each turning point is a point of no return.
“She’s transitioning to the next stage of her life,” Jake said of Hazel, their first child. “We just got to hold onto those moments and those memories, because it goes fast.”
Hazel hasn’t asked for Paci again since. Although, shortly after the ceremony, Jake dug it up and buried it again in a keepsake box, making dad the one who just can’t let go.
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