California has not yet resumed executions but is expected to do so next year.
The state has put seven others to death since it resumed executions in 1983.
In the two decades since the nation resumed executions, California has put five people to death.
Texas has put 33 people to death since it resumed executions in December 1982.
He became the 26th person put to death by Texas since the state resumed executions in 1982, and the sixth this year.
The state has put to death 17 prisoners since it resumed executions in 1983.
He was the 21st person executed by Ohio since the state resumed executions in 1999.
Illinois was be the 16th state to resume executions since that ruling.
When the message is consumed and removed from the mailbox the process resumes execution.
Abolitionists, meanwhile, are appalled that the nation has resumed execution.