INDIANA, USA. WALLACE PUT TO DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION

Donald Wallace, convicted of killing two children and their parents during a burglary 25 years ago, was executed by the state of Indiana on. Wallace, 47, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, a spokesman said.
It was the ninth execution in the United States this year and the 953rd since the country brought back capital punishment in 1976.
Wallace was convicted of killing Patrick Gilligan and his wife Teresa, both 30, as well as their children Lisa, 5, and Gregory, 4, on January 14, 1980. All were tied up and shot in the head. Police said Wallace had burgled a house in Evansville, Indiana, on the night of the crime and decided to break into a neighboring home, where he encountered the Gilligan family.
"I hope everyone can find peace with this," Wallace said in final words before his execution.
In a recent television interview Wallace expressed regret and blamed the crime on drugs, saying the incident was "like a dream ... I can't tell you why (it happened). I've asked myself a million times why. I don't know why."
Wallace spent two years in a mental hospital after the crime but was then declared fit to stand trial. He had refused to let his lawyer file a clemency petition with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.