A Missouri inmate executed on Tuesday evening wrote a haunting final statement before being executed by lethal injection.
Michael Tisius, 42, was given the lethal injection of pentobarbital at Missouri State Prison in Bonne Terre, and pronounced dead at 6.10pm on Tuesday, June 6, according to authorities. He was sentenced to death for shooting and killing two prison officers two decades ago during a failed attempt to help an inmate friend escape a rural jail.
In his final statement, Tisius said he was "holding tightly to [his] faith" and that he "really did try to become a better man."
