Texas, executions in 2026
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Charles Victor Thompson was executed for the 1998 murders of his ex-girlfriend Glenda Dennise Hayslip and her new boyfriend Darren Keith Cain.
Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday.
Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, and her new boyfriend, Darren Cain, in 1998.
One of the cases headed back to court in 2026 is that of Robert Roberson. He argues he was wrongfully convicted of killing his daughter.