Scott Mink. Volunteer

Scott Mink was a man whose drug-fueled rage led him to kill his sleeping parents with a ball-peen hammer.

A prison spokesman said, Scott Mink smoked cigarettes and drank coffee, but did not eat. He declined the waffles, cereal, milk and apple juice the prison served him.

The spokesman says Mink remained calm and cooperative.

After pleading guilty to charges of aggravated murder in 2001, Mink asked a three-judge panel in Montgomery County to sentence him to death.
Scott Mink's execution by injection -- three years after his conviction -- was the quickest an Ohio inmate's death sentence was carried out since the state re-enacted the death penalty in 1981.

It is also just a week after the execution Stephen Vrabel, who also dropped his appeals.
Mink pleaded guilty to killing his parents four years ago because they hid the keys to his truck to keep him from buying drugs.
Earlier that month, defense attorney Gary Crim told the Ohio Parole Board that Mink wished for no further actions to stop his execution.
"I think that his life since he woke up after he sobered up and was arrested is full of remorse," Crim said. "That's his way of remorse, seeking execution."
Mink, 40, was pronounced dead at 10:27 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

"I just thank you for giving me the chance to make a final statement. I have made peace with my family and God," Mink said before he died.
He gave the thumbs up sign and mouthed "I love you" several times to members of his family who witnessed the execution.

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