The state of Texas has executed Ivan Cantu, 50, who was convicted of murdering his cousin and his cousin’s fiancee.
His death by lethal injection came just hours after Idaho delayed the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech because a medical team reportedly failed to find a vein into which they could insert the IV carrying the lethal dose.
Cantu died more than 20 years after his conviction, while Creech, 73, is one of the longest serving death-row inmates in the country.