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FILE This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Carman Deck. Missouri inmate Carman Deck is scheduled to die by injection on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, for killing a couple during a robbery at their eastern Missouri home in 1996. Executions have become increasingly uncommon in the U.S., with just 11 last year and four so far in 2022. That's down from a peak of 98 in 1998. Photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP File)

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Execution of Missouri man just the 5th in US this year
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Tue,05/03/22-5:17AM , 292 Reads
A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than a quarter of a century ago was put to death Tuesday, becoming just the fifth person executed in the United States this year.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner appears at her disciplinary hearing Monday, April 11, 2022, in St. Louis. Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won't face any severe penalties for those mistakes. (AP Photo/T.L. Witt, Pool via Missouri Lawyers Media)

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St. Louis prosecutor, disciplinary panel reach agreement
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Sun,04/10/22-10:46PM , 268 Reads
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won't face severe penalties for those mistakes.
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This undated photo shows Maggie Drew. Drew, now 29, is among several former students of Circle of Hope Girls' Ranch who have alleged abuse at the Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri. The husband-and-wife operators of the school have been charged with around 100 crimes combined. Religious boarding schools like Circle of Hope and a nearby facility for boys, Agape, have come under scrutiny amid tales of abuse, prompting a new state law providing greater oversight. (photo by Maggie Drew via AP)

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Missouri regulates boarding schools after abuse allegations
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Sat,04/02/22-8:47AM , 284 Reads
Maggie Drew’s dad sent her to Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch in Missouri in 2007, hoping strict Christian teachings would stop his 14-year-old daughter’s teenage rebellion.
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In Missouri, Greitens' comeback bid has some in GOP on edge
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Sat,12/18/21-10:35AM , 236 Reads
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is banking on Republican voters forgiving his past indiscretions when they choose a U.S. Senate nominee next August. Many in the GOP establishment are hoping they don't forget.
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