Yesterday, Michael Wayne Hall was executed by lethal injection in Texas, the first execution of the year for America's most active death penalty state.
The 31-year-old was sentenced to death for the 1998 torture and murder of a mentally challenged woman, alongside Robert Neville who was executed 5 years ago.
In his final statement, with relatives of his victim, Amy Robinson, watching him, Hall repeatedly asked for forgiveness.
"I would like to give my sincere apology to Amy's family," he said, his eyes watery. "We caused a lot of heartache, grief, pain and suffering, and I am sorry. I know it won't bring her back."
Hall is the 6th condemned person to be executed in the US this year. He is the first person this year to be executed in Texas, and the 465th overall in the state since it resumed the death penalty in 1982.
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