Texas is preparing to carry out the execution of Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, for his involvement in a triple homicide that occurred in 2005 at a rural home in Edna, approximately 100 miles southwest of Houston. Ramey is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. He would be the sixth person executed this year in Texas, with three more executions already scheduled. Ramey was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, who were killed during an attempted robbery. According to court records, Ramey and LeJames Norman believed there was cocaine in the home and planned to steal it. They found none and killed the three victims, who lived across the street from Norman. Norman was executed on September 16 in Huntsville. He did not speak before his execution, and no relatives or friends of the victims were present.
Ramey’s attorneys have filed a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that there was no physical evidence linking him to the killings and that jurors were not informed about his history of childhood physical abuse and growing up in poverty. Prosecutors, however, have told lower courts that Ramey did not raise any issues that would justify a reconsideration of his conviction. About a year after testifying at Ramey's trial, Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to death by a jury. Norman testified that both he and Ramey shot the victims.
The victims were shot multiple times. Lopez was shot four times, including three in the back of his head; Peacock was shot twice in the head; and Roberts was shot five times in the chest, neck, and head. During the trial, Ramey's attorneys attempted to shift blame onto Norman, suggesting he was the primary perpetrator. However, the jury found Ramey guilty of capital murder, and the legal process has since moved toward his execution. The case has drawn attention due to the lack of physical evidence directly linking Ramey to the crime and the legal arguments surrounding his background and the role of co-defendant Norman.
Texas Set to Execute Second Man in 2005 Triple Homicide Case
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