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Texas Executes LeJames Norman After Supreme Court Denies Halt

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Texas Executes Norman

Texas executed LeJames Norman by lethal injection on September 17, 2026.
He was pronounced dead at 6:44 p.m. after receiving pentobarbital.
Norman was convicted of capital murder for the 2005 Edna robbery that killed three people.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to halt the execution, the state's fifth this year.
A Georgia judge halted Stacey Humphreys’s execution, with the state Supreme Court later leaving the stay in effect.

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Texas Board Rejects Commutation

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against commuting Norman’s death sentence on September 16, 2026.
Norman’s attorneys alleged prosecution misconduct, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied a stay.
The U.S. Supreme Court previously refused to review Norman’s 2017 appeal, raising counsel competence concerns.
Norman was captured five months after the murders while trying to cross from Mexico into the United States.

History

Historical Context

In 1976 the Supreme Court’s Gregg v. Georgia decision ended the Furman-era moratorium, prompting 35 states—including Texas—to adopt new capital-punishment statutes. Utah then carried out the first post-Gregg execution, Gary Gilmore, on January 17 1977. The revived framework underlies today’s Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denial of clemency for LeJames Norman.

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Texas Executes Norman

Texas executed LeJames Norman by lethal injection on September 17, 2026.
He was pronounced dead at 6:44 p.m. after receiving pentobarbital.
Norman was convicted of capital murder for the 2005 Edna robbery that killed three people.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to halt the execution, the state's fifth this year.
A Georgia judge halted Stacey Humphreys’s execution, with the state Supreme Court later leaving the stay in effect.

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