Joseph Paul Franklin is executed after the Supreme Court declines to step in . Missouri had planned to use propofol , the surgical anesthetic made infamous by the death of pop star Michael Jackson . Hide Caption He shot Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt . He was executed for a 1977 killing outside a St. Louis synagogue .
Joseph Paul Franklin is executed after the Supreme Court declines to step in . Hide Caption He shot Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt . He was executed for a 1977 killing outside a St. Louis synagogue .