The state of Georgia executed Ray Jefferson Cromartie Wednesday night for the April 1994 slaying of store clerk Richard Slysz in Thomasville.

Prosecution in the case say Cromartie and another man walked into the convenience store, shot Slysz before grabbing two cases of beers and leaving. They also believe that Cromartie shot another store clerk a few days earlier who survived.

Cromartie had maintained his innocence until the end. His lawyers lost two appeals and were denied the opportunity to DNA test evidence gathered at the crime that would prove Cromartie wasn’t the shooter.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/georgia-executes-convicted-killer-who-was-denied-dna-test-n1082001