Overview
- LeJames Norman was executed Wednesday at the Huntsville state penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 6:44 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection.
- Norman was convicted for the 2005 shootings of Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, during an attempted home robbery in Edna, Texas.
- Court records say Norman and co‑defendant Ker’Sean Ramey went to the house believing cocaine was inside, found no drugs, and then fatally shot the three residents.
- Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to death by a jury after his arrest about five months later when he tried to re‑enter the United States from Mexico.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied a bid to stop the execution, Norman declined to make a final statement and nodded toward family in the witness room, and Ramey remains under a death sentence with his execution set for next week.