USA - Mississippi. Benny Joe Stevens, 52, white, was executed, using Pentobarbital.

Benny Joe Stevens, 52, white, was executed, using Pentobarbital. Stevens was convicted in 1999 of killing his ex-wife, Glenda Reid; her husband, Wesley Lee Reid; her 11-year-old son, Dylan Lee; and Lee's 10-year-old friend Heath Pounds. He used his final moments to ask his victims’ family members for forgiveness. Stevens becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Mississippi and the14th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983. Stevens becomes the 15th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1249th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.