Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this year.

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's written two books about his life.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it to resume executions after 15 years. At least three district attorneys have since sought death warrants.

After years on death row where he found religion and became an artist, Richard Lee Tabler stopped fighting for clemency and even asked the courts to put him to death