Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing
Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, set to die by lethal injection, sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this year
TL;DR
- Ker’Sean Ramey is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for a 2005 triple murder.
- Ramey and LeJames Norman attempted to rob a home, believing it contained cocaine, and ended up killing three residents.
- Norman, who also confessed to the killings, was executed on September 16.
- Ramey's attorneys argued he did not receive a fair trial because evidence of his childhood abuse and poverty was not presented.
- State prosecutors argued Ramey had an escalating pattern of criminal behavior.
- Ramey's former girlfriend testified that he confessed to her and described his involvement in the killings.
- The US Supreme Court rejected Ramey's final appeal hours before his scheduled execution.