According to the reports, Virginia on Thursday executed convicted killer Darick Demorris Walker, hours after the U. S. Supreme Court rejected his requests for a stay of execution.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has reported that Walker was killed by lethal injection at 9;24 p. m. EDT.

The Times-Dispatch further reported that Walker had two requests for a stay before the high court. Both were rejected, with a court spokeswoman saying Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor said they would have granted a stay.

The newspaper also noted that Walker, 37, was convicted in 1998 of shooting and killing two men in separate incidents. Virginia law allows for execution of someone who commits two premeditated murders during a three-year period.

Stanley Beale, 36 was killed by Walker on Nov. 22, 1996, and Clarence Elwood Threat on 34, June 19, 1997. (With inputs from Agencies)