An eastern Missouri man who killed an elderly couple in their DeSoto home 26 years ago has been executed by lethal injection. Carman Deck was put to death Tuesday evening at the state’s maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene. Governor Mike Parson denied Deck’s clemency request, describing the …
BREAKING: Missouri’s governor rejects clemency request from convicted Columbia triple killer
Missouri’s governor has rejected a clemency request from convicted Columbia triple killer Ernest Lee Johnson, clearing the way for Tuesday’s scheduled execution in southeast Missouri’s Bonne Terre. Barring intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or a federal judge, Johnson will be executed by lethal injection at the state’s maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre. “The state …