Texas Executes LeJames Norman For 2005 Triple Murder In Edna Home
LeJames Norman was executed Wednesday evening, Sept. 16, 2026, at the Huntsville state penitentiary for a 2005 triple murder during a home invasion in Edna, Texas.[1]
The prison warden asked Norman for final words before the lethal injection.[1] The U.S. Supreme Court denied a same-day request to stay the execution.[1]
Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder in the deaths of Samuel Roberts, Tiffani Peacock and Celso Lopez, and a jury imposed the death sentence.[1] The killings happened during a 2005 burglary at a home in Edna, Texas.[1]
Norman was the fifth person executed in Texas in 2026, and his co-defendant Ker'Sean Ramey remains under a death sentence with an execution scheduled for next week.[1]
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- Execution carried out Wednesday evening, September 16, 2026, at the Huntsville state penitentiary.
- LeJames Norman was sentenced to death for killing Samuel Roberts, Tiffani Peacock and Celso Lopez in a 2005 Edna, Texas home invasion.
- Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder; a jury imposed the death sentence.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied a same-day request to stay the execution.
- Co-defendant Ker'Sean Ramey, also sentenced to death, has an execution scheduled for next week.
- Norman was the fifth person executed in Texas in 2026.
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