A man convicted of killing his father-in-law, has been put to death in Georgia,making it the ninth execution in the state .
William Sallie's time of death was 10.05pm, after an injection of compounded barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson, Warden Eric Sellers told witnesses.
Sallie, 50, was convicted of murder in the March 1990 shooting death of John Lee Moore in rural south Georgia.
After a last meal of pizza with sausage and pepperoni, chicken wings with buffalo sauce and a large soda, he was asked if he wanted to make a final statement.
'I just want to say I'm very, very sorry for my crimes. I really am sorry,' he said, adding that he had prayed about it many times. 'I'm just very sorry for everything. I do ask for forgiveness.'
He accepted the offer of a prayer.
About a minute after the warden left, Sallie lifted his head and looked out at the witnesses before putting his head back down, yawning and then closing his eyes and breathing deeply several times.
About two minutes after the warden left, Sallie's body twitched five or six times, his shoulders lifting slightly off the gurney, but his eyes remained closed. Within another minute, he became still.
Sallie had abused his wife during their marriage and she was living with her parents in rural Bacon County after having filed for divorce, according to a Georgia Supreme Court summary of the case. The two had fought bitterly over custody of their young son.
After cutting his in-laws' phone lines and breaking into their house about 12.45am on March 29, 1990, Sallie went to the master bedroom and shot John and Linda Moore, the summary says. John Moore died from his injuries.
Sallie took his wife and her sister to his mobile home, leaving his son behind, the summary says. Sallie released his wife and her sister that night and was arrested a short time later.
Sallie's lawyers have said the shooting happened during a botched attempt to take his son and leave.
Daily Mail UK
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