Event Brief
Texas executes LeJames Norman after warden asks for last words
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Sep 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM ET
Summary: LeJames Norman, a Texas death row inmate, was executed Wednesday evening by lethal injection after the warden asked if he wanted to make a final statement. Norman shook his head and was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2005 murders of three people during a botched robbery.
WHO: LeJames Norman; Texas Department of Criminal Justice warden
WHAT: LeJames Norman was executed by lethal injection after he declined to make a final statement when asked by the warden.
WHEN: Sep 17, 2026
WHERE: Huntsville, Texas, USA
WHY: He was executed for the 2005 murders of three people during a botched robbery.
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