An Oklahoma man was executed Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, marking the country’s first execution of the year.

Donald Grant, 46, was declared dead at 10:16 a.m. local time after receiving a lethal injection with no complications, according to Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor. He was convicted of brutally killing two hotel workers in 2001.

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