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"James DeRosa, a man who murdered an elderly couple 13 years ago, was put to death Tuesday.Officer Kim Liles, the assistant police chief in Howe, said neighbors have been talking about the execution.\u201CThere\u2019s probably more waiting for the execution than not,\u201D Liles said. \u201CI guess it was a gruesome crime scene and a lot of people, they\u2019ve been waiting for the date.\u201DIn 2000, DeRosa talked his way into the home of Curtis and Gloria Plumber. He then stabbed the couple multiple times, slit their throats and stole $73, along with the couple\u2019s pickup truck.\u201CThe facts in the DeRosa case, as I know them, are besetting on a two kind-hearted elderly people in their home,\u201D said LeFlore County District Attorney Jeff Smith. \u201CEssentially (it was) a home invasion and a stabbing in killing them, while begging for their lives. It\u2019s one of the most horrible scenarios you can think of.\u201DSmith was present when officials give DeRosa a lethal injection of potassium chloride. He said an information packet from the attorney general, the same one the victim\u2019s family received, detailed what was expected at the execution.\u201CThey just want to prepare, mostly the victims, mostly the family, for what might happen,\u201D Smith said. \u201CThey provide pictures and diagrams and scenarios. So, really, when they show up, they\u2019re not surprised about anything.\u201DSmith said he hopes the family of Curtis and Gloria Plumber will be able to start the healing process after Tuesday\u2019s execution.\u201CI hope that when tomorrow comes and goes, the family can gain some type of closure,\u201D he said. \u201CThat they can gain some type of peace and feel a sense of justice.\u201DSmith said his office takes the death penalty very seriously. He said DeRosa appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it was denied.DeRosa had a clemency hearing about a month ago. The board denied his request for life in jail."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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