The Missourinet has covered --and a Missourinet reporter has witnessed-- every execution since the death penalty was reinstated in Missouri in 1989 (George Mercer). The objective of this website is to be a repository of information about those who have been executed and those currently under death sentence. Along with death penalty news, you'll find some of the history of the death penalty in Missouri, including interviews (audio) with the condemned, members of victim's families and reporters assigned to cover executions. For additional news about the death penalty in Missouri, visit Missourinet.com.
Death Penalty News
Carman Deck sentenced to death for third time
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Carman L. Deck was sentenced for a third time today to death for the 1996 fatal shootings of an elderly couple from De Soto. Two previous death sentences for Deck, now 43, had been overturned on appeal.
The death sentence was imposed today at Hillsboro by Jefferson County Circuit Judge Gary Kramer, who accepted the recommendation of a jury that heard the arguments for the death penalty in September."
Posted Friday, November 07, 2008, 3:31 pm
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Michael D. Taylor to be re-sentenced
On Tuesday, a divided Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing in the capital case of Michael D. Taylor, with a new set of jurors. Taylor was too young for a death sentence when he raped and murdered a high school classmate in 1995, but later went to death row for a prison killing.
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith said that prosecutors failed to provide the defense with evidence that might have challenged the credibility of a prison informer. [Full story at St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 9:33 am
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Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for John Middleton
Missouri could see its first execution since October, 2005 on July 30th. The state supreme court says that's when prisoner John Middleton will die for killing two people in Mercer County in 1995. Middleton was identified as methamphetamine dealer who killed two people he was afraid would inform law enforcement authorities about his activities. He got death sentences for both murders. Middleton also is under a death sentence for a third killing in 1995.
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008, 1:14 pm
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