A Texas man became the first person executed in the U.S. this year. The man killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. At one point, he escaped prison for three days.

At 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, Charles Victor Thompson became the first Texas death row inmate to be executed in 2026. Thompson, 55, ...

Texas' execution numbers remain far lower than recent state highs, even as executions nationally climbed, driven almost ...

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

Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday.

Dallas County overturned Tommy Lee Walker’s conviction nearly 70 years after his execution, citing false evidence and racial ...

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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 was sentenced in 1999 for killing his then-girlfriend and another man. His execution in Texas is the first ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...