Supreme Court calls off moratorium on executions
Posted: Jun 18, 2014 10:45 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 3:45 AM EDT
The Supreme Court called off the moratorium on executions across the country.
A man in Georgia was the first inmate put to death since the botched execution of an Oklahoma man in April.
59-year-old killer and rapist Marcus Wellons was declared dead just before midnight Tuesday.
The state of Missouri was next in line. John Winfield was executed and declared dead at 12:01 a.m. CT Wednesday.
In Florida John Henry was executed Wednesday night.