An 89-year-old Indiana man who was busted with drugs while driving in Michigan has pleaded guilty to hauling cocaine.

A self-confessed drug dealer was put to death early today for the 1981 killings of a man and his pregnant wife inside their home, about an hour after the US Supreme Court cleared the way for his execution.

A man who beat his ex-wife to death with an unloaded shotgun during an eight-hour leave from prison was executed early today in Indiana, hours after the state governor denied his request for clemency.