Overview
- Thompson, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST at the Huntsville Unit following a lethal injection.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay, and the Texas parole board had earlier declined his commutation request.
- Convicted for the 1998 shootings of Dennise Hayslip and Darren Cain, Thompson returned to Hayslip’s apartment hours after police escorted him away and opened fire.
- He apologized in his final statement and asked the victims’ families to find forgiveness, as relatives and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare witnessed the execution.
- His case featured a 2001 vacated death sentence over an undercover investigator, a 2005 resentencing and jail escape, and Texas now has additional executions scheduled through mid-May.