The first United States execution of 2017 was carried out by Texas authorities, Christopher Wilkins (48 years) was executed at the Texas state penitentiary, Huntsville. He was executed by lethal injection of pentobarbital on Wednesday night, 11 years after he killed two of his friends (Willie Freeman and Mike Silva) on October 2005 after he was mocked by them for falling for a fake drug deal (paying $20 for a piece of gravel that he thought was a rock of crack cocaine). During his trial, Wilkins also admitted to killing Gilbert Vallejo (47 years) after having dispute with him over a pay phone at a Fort Worth bar and running a stolen vehicle over two people because he thought one of them had stolen his sunglasses . His execution was the first to be carried out this year (2017) by United States.
Source: Viewers Corner News.