The execution of Marvin Bieghler went ahead even though the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether another death row inmate in Florida can challenge the legality of lethal injections.
An Indian state prisons spokesman Java Ahmed said Bieghler, 58, who was found guilty for the 1981 murder of a man and his pregnant wife, was put to death at a jail in Michigan city.
“His lawyers were trying to stay the execution on the grounds that the method of execution was unconstitutional,” the spokesman acknowledged.
The Indiana state governor had refused clemency on Thursday night but one federal appeals court ordered a stay because of the application. This was annulled by the Supreme Court in a six-three vote.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court halted at the last minute the execution in Florida of Clarence Hill, another convicted killer.
The high court agreed to rule on whether Hill could challenge the use of the lethal chemicals used for execution injections.
Hill’s lawyers say the method
