The U.S. carried out its second federal execution this week by killing Wesley Ira Purkey on Thursday morning. Purkey, 68, died by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., at 8:19 a.m. local time. “I deeply regret the pain and suffering I caused to Jennifer’s family,” Purkey said in the moments before his execution. It was the federal government’s second execution after a 17-year hiatus. Dustin Honken, a drug kingpin from Iowa convicted of killing five people in a scheme to silence former dealers, is scheduled for execution Friday.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 12:50 UTC