case, Thomas posited that due process does not "place limits" on shackling because there is a difference between an accused man and a convicted man. Thomas then wrote about the notion of courtroom dignity for the convict (Deck), claiming "the power of the courts to maintain order, however, is not a right personal to the defendant, much less one of constitutional proportions…The concern for courtroom decorum is not a concern about defendants, let alone their right to due process. It is a concern about society's need for courts to operate effectively." Thomas concludes by writing that the prevailing majority opinion in this case does not benefit the defendant but "risks the lives of courtroom personnel …a risk that due process does not require." Execution Deck was sentenced to death for a third time on November 7, 2008. On April 13, 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and vacated his death sentence, resentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On October 19, 2020, the death sentence was reinstated following an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. On January 31, 2022, the Supreme Court of Missouri set Deck's execution date for that May 3. On May 2, the Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition to have his case stayed and Governor Mike Parson said he would allow the execution to proceed. Deck was executed by lethal injection early the next evening at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center. See also List of people executed in Missouri List of people executed in the United States in 2022 References External links Writ of Certiorari United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court United States criminal due process case law 2005 in United States case law Legal history of Missouri