USA - Ohio. Donald Palmer, 47, white, was executed today

Donald Palmer, 47, white, was executed today for the May 8, 1989, gun slayings of Charles Sponhaltz and Steven Vargo. Palmer acknowledged committing the murders and said he deserved the death penalty for his crimes. He refused to participate in the gubernatorial clemency process because he said he didn't deserve mercy. Palmer becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Ohio, the 48th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1999, the 28th to be put to death this year  in the USA and the 1305th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.