Missouri and Texas both complete lethal injection executions

Two states completed executions last night.  Here are the basics from news accounts:

From CNN, "Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared":

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.  The 55-year-old was put to death around 6 p.m. CT at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

Williams’ attorneys had filed a flurry of appeal efforts based on what they described as new evidence – including alleged bias in jury selection and contamination of the murder weapon prior to trial. The victim’s family had asked the inmate be spared death.  The US Supreme Court’s action came a day after Missouri’s supreme court and governor refused to grant a stay of execution.

From AP, "Texas man who waived his right to appeal death sentence is executed for killing infant son":

A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence received a lethal injection Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago, one of five executions scheduled within a week’s time in the U.S.

Travis Mullis, 38, was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m. CDT following the injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for stomping to death his son Alijah in January 2008.

I believe that the last time the US had two executions on the same day was just last year on November 16, 2023. And it woudl happen again tomorrow with executions scheduled in Alabama and Oklahoma.