Texas man convicted of 2 fatal shootings becomes the 1st person executed in the US this year

"Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at the woman's suburban Houston apartment. Prosecutors said Thompson and Hayslip had been romantically involved for a year but split after Thompson "became increasingly possessive, jealous and abusive.""

""The Hayslip and Cain families have waited over twenty-five years for justice to occur," prosecutors with the Harris County District Attorney's Office said in court filings. About an hour before the scheduled 6 p.m. execution, the U.S. Supreme Court - without explanation - issued a brief order rejecting Thompson's final appeal. On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had denied Thompson's request to commute his death sentence to a lesser penalty."

Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST. He was condemned for the April 1998 shootings that killed Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and Darren Keith Cain, 30, at Hayslip's suburban Houston apartment. Prosecutors said Thompson had been romantically involved with Hayslip and became increasingly possessive, jealous and abusive after their split. Thompson once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied commutation.

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