Carman Deck was executed last night but not before the double murderer’s used his final words to wish for "world peace". Deck was given a lethal injection at 6pm local time at a jail in Bonne Terre, Missouri.
After his death, Anne Precythe, director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, said: "Tonight, justice was served”. The killer's road to Death Row was long and controversial.
In 1996, when he was aged 30, Deck was accused of robbing James and Zelma Long before shooting them execution-style with a .22 caliber pistol.
He had targeted the couple after hearing that they had money and valuables in a safe in their bedroom.Deck had originally planned to break into the Longs' home on a Sunday while the Longs were at church, but in the end staged a “home invasion” robbery by knocking on their door and asking for directions.He forced the Longs to lie on their bed at gunpoint.
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