Gerald Bivins, who murdered a clergyman at an Indiana...

Gerald Bivins, who murdered a clergyman at an Indiana highway rest stop 10 years ago, was put to death by lethal injection. Bivins, 41, had waived all appeals and said he wanted to die. He was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. CST at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Earlier he had consumed a last meal prepared by his mother in the prison kitchen under supervision. Prison officials said it was the 1st time the state had granted a condemned inmate's request for a final meal cooked by a family member. Last week Bivins told a news conference death was a "way to escape the abuse and frustration ... spending my life in prison does not appeal to me. The only thing that can come out of it is anger and frustration." "I wish to apologize to the victim's family for the pain I have caused and the pain I have caused my family and friends,'' Bivins said in a final statement; "and I ask that they, who did this to me, be forgiven." Bivins was condemned for killing the Rev. William Radcliffe in January 1991. Bivins becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death in Indiana this year.