Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of the year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a 1998 double murder.

Charles Thompson, who was convicted of murdering of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1999, was the person executed in Texas this year.

Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend at her apartment in the Houston suburb of Tomball.

Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday ...

Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, and her new boyfriend, ...

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Texas has scheduled four executions in 2026 for inmates on death row. The cases involve multiple murders, including crimes against children and elderly victims. HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Four convicted ...

Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, was executed Wednesday evening for the 1998 double murder of his former girlfriend and her friend. Thompson had ...

Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...