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

Each of the men have been given an extra three years, due to problems with the pharmaceutical supply chain, the release said.

The US carried out a double state killing on Thursday, with two states executing intellectually disabled death row inmates. These executions bring to five the number of executions carried out so far in 2025,

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

In his final statement, Richard Tabler asked for forgiveness from his victims’ family members, some of whom reportedly witnessed his death.

Richard Lee Tabler, 46, would be the second inmate executed in Texas in a little over a week, with two more scheduled by the end of April.