Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999...

Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999 murders of his wife and another woman. He expedited his death by dropping his appeals. He said he was eager to atone for his crime. Hayes was convicted of shooting his wife, Mary, on July 15, 1999, the night after she told him she'd been having an affair. 20 minutes later he shot 18-year-old Rosalyn Robinson while stealing her car from a nearby convenience store. Of the 309 people executed in Texas since 1976, only 19 have waived their appeals and voluntarily gone to their deaths. Nationally, 99 out of the 873 people executed since 1976 volunteered. Hayes becomes the 21st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 54th in the USA.