Michael Tisius enjoyed bacon cheeseburgers, fries and chocolate shake before execution

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A Missouri inmate convicted of killing two jailers in a botched prison escape savored two bacon cheeseburgers, curly fries, regular fries, and a chocolate shake as his last meal before his execution, officials said.

Michael Tisius, 42, received a lethal injection at the Bonne Terre prison on Tuesday, at 6:10 p.m. following his final meal, the Missouri Department of Corrections said.

Tisius was on death row after being convicted of the 2000 murder of Leong Egley and Jason Acton in an attempt to free prison buddy Roy Vance at the Randolph County Jail.

His death came hours after the US Supreme Court rejected Tisius’ lawyer's motion to block the execution, claiming in an appeal a juror at his sentencing hearing was illiterate, which would violate state law.

In his final statement, Tisius wrote he truly regretted his crimes and inability to have "made things right" while alive.

"I really did try to become a better man. I really tried hard to give as much as I could to as many as I could," Tisius wrote on the card provided to him. "I tried to forgive others as I wish to be forgiven. And I pray that God will forgive those who condemn me.

"Just as He forgave those who condemned Him. I am sorry. And not because I am at the end. But because I truly am sorry."

Tisius’ case drew years of contention as advocates claimed he was a victim of poor circumstances having been homeless as a teenager and initially arrested as an 18-year-old in 1999 for pawning a rented stereo system, according to court records.

While serving time for the misdemeanor, Tisius met Vance, who admitted in a video interview he manipulated the teen to create an escape plan for when he was released the following year.

Just after midnight on June 22, 2000, Tisius arrived at the prison armed, alongside Vance's girlfriend, Tracie Bullington, telling the two unarmed guards they were there to deliver cigarettes to the prisoner.

During the double homicide trial, Bulington testified she saw Tisius shoot Acton and Egley before trying and failing to open Vance's cell with keys he found.

When Egley grabbed Bulington's leg, Tisius shot him multiple times, Bulington added.

With Vance unable to escape, Tisius and Bulington fled to Kansas, where police tracked down their broken down car and arrested them later that day.

Tisius’ lawyers had argued that the killings were not premeditated, but the then-19-year-old was found guilty of the double murder.

Bulington and Vance are currently serving life sentences on the murder convictions.

Along with the final appeal, the Supreme Court also heard an argument on throwing out Tisius’ execution because he was 19 at the time of the crime, following a high court's decision to bar executions for those under 18 in 2005. The court rejected the motion.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined on Monday to grant clemency for Tisius, saying in a statement: "It's despicable that two dedicated public servants were murdered in a failed attempt to help another criminal evade the law."