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

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening for the 1998 double murder of his former ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 ...

The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, or Huntsville Unit, opened in 1849 and houses Texas' execution chamber. Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday. Charles Victor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The exterior of the Huntsville Unit on Oct. 17, 2024. (Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune) Charles Thompson, who once briefly ...