In North Carolina, a man who killed his estranged wife and father-in-law became the 1,000th person to be executed since the nation resumed capital punishment in 1977. Kenneth Lee Boyd, 57, was killed by lethal injection early Friday morning. Hours before, North Carolina Governor Mike Easly had rejected a last-minute request for clemency. Around 150 anti-death penalty demonstrators gathered outside the prison. Police said at least 18 were arrested for trespassing.