By Jill Reilly William Rousan, 57, was executed for  killing a farming couple in 1993 A death row inmate in Missouri who was convicted of killing a farming couple in 1993 has been executed despite pleas for clemency over the secrecy used to obtain the lethal injection drug. William Rousan, 57, was declared dead at 12:10 a.m at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, which is just a few miles from the farm where the killings took place. Prosecutors say Rousan, his teenage son Brent Rousan and William's brother Robert Rousan murdered Charlie and Grace Lewis on Sept. 21, 1993 as part of a plot to steal two of the couple's cows.
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William Rousan, 57, was declared dead at 12:10 a.m in Bonne Terre
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Rousan murdered Charlie and Grace Lewis on Sept. 21, 1993
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Rousan attorneys appealed for clemency due to secrecy used to obtain the execution drug
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Gov. Jay Nixo: Rousan's sentence appropriate for role in couple's slayings
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Last meal: Bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, soft drink, and pecan pie
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Oklahoma stayed executions of inmates who challenged the secrecy
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