The U.S. Supreme Court on June 10 denied stays of execution in two capital cases, rulings that allowed the condemned men to be executed within minutes of each other later the same day.
The court’s unsigned orders covered the cases of Gregory Hunt of Alabama and Anthony Wainwright of Florida.
The court did not explain its rulings. No justices dissented.
Hunt was executed at 6:26 p.m. local time at a south Alabama prison, becoming the sixth person to be executed in the United States by nitrogen gas.
Wainwright was executed by lethal injection at 6:22 p.m. local time at the Florida State Prison near Starke….