An American convicted of murdering a 70-year-old man was executed by lethal injection in Georgia today, the state government said.
Bryan Keith Terrell, 47, accepted a final prayer but refused to record a final statement, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Terrell was convicted of the 1992 murder of John Watson, a friend of Terrell's mother, the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper said.
Terrell stole the man's checkbook and withdrew USD 8,700 from his account.
Watson told Ferrell's mother, Barbara, he would not press charges against her son if a substantial amount of the money was returned within two days.
Instead, Terrell ambushed Watson as he left his house for a medical appointment, the newspaper said.
Terrell's lawyers had pleaded for clemency.
They said they were concerned about the pharmacist who prepared the lethal execution drug, saying he had a shoddy record, and that the state should at least use a different pharmacist.
