A Texas man became the first person executed in the U.S. this year. The man killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, and her new boyfriend, Darren Cain, in 1998.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Schedules 4 Executions In Early 2026 Image by zef artShutterstock Four men convicted of murder will face execution in Texas ...

It’s been 148 days since Texas executed someone—a remarkable lull in the use of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any other. The 2016 hiatus is, in part, a sign of the ...

Texas' execution numbers remain far lower than recent state highs, even as executions nationally climbed, driven almost entirely by a surge in Florida, according to a new year-end report. Why it ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, Charles Victor Thompson became the first Texas death row inmate to be executed in 2026. Thompson, 55, was ...

There have been five executions apiece this year in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina. Florida leads the nation with 18. Kristin Houle Cuellar is executive director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish ...

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