LeJames Norman
LeJames Norman, 40, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists September 17, 2026 as the date, while the Texas Tribune reports he was pronounced dead at 6:44 p.m. on September 16. According to FOX 26 Houston, his sister, two of his children and a friend watched from the viewing room, and a department spokesperson said he made no final statement. His attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution, and the Court denied the request; his petition argued that prosecutors misrepresented facts at his trial. A lawsuit he filed with another death row prisoner, John Rubio, over the state's pentobarbital supply was still pending, according to the Texas Tribune.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); Texas Department of Justice (the agency that held him); Associated Press (reporters).
Lawsuit: LeJames Norman was executed by the State of Texas by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in September 2026, and he and another death row inmate had sued the state over its pentobarbital supply.
News reports (6)
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- Texas puts to death a man in killing of 3 during home robbery, the state’s fifth execution this year - The Rome News-Tribune
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- Execution set for second inmate in 2005 Edna, Texas triple murder
- Texas execution would be first in U.S. since Tennessee failure
- 10 most recent executions in Texas: What to know about the inmates