Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
SCHEDULED EXECUTIONS
Tonight, September 23, 2026, the State of Texas executed Ker’Sean Ramey, after the Supreme Court of the United States and Texas Governor Greg Abbott refused to intervene. Ramey was sentenced to death for his role in the murders of Sam Roberts, Tiffani Peacock, and Celso Lopez during a botched robbery in 2005 in Edna, Jackson County, Texas. He was 20 years old at the time and had spent nearly half his life on death row. Ramey’s codefendant, LeJames Norman, was put to death one week ago for the same crime.
Ramey’s trial was marred by serious constitutional violations, including the systematic exclusion of all potential Black jurors, the State’s presentation of false testimony, and, above all, the abysmal performance of his trial attorney—a full-time dentist and part-time lawyer—who failed to conduct his own investigation or provide witnesses to rebut the State’s case.
Compounding these failures, the Jackson County Criminal District Attorney’s Office withheld documents that could have had a direct bearing on the claims Ramey raised in his appeals. Last week, the Texas Attorney General ordered the release of these documents, but Ramey’s legal team did not receive them.
Ker’Sean Ramey is the sixth person executed by the State of Texas this year and the fifth consecutive Black man.
WHO WE ARE
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) is the only statewide grassroots advocacy organization dedicated solely to ending the death penalty in Texas. Together with local, state, and national partners, TCADP is working to reduce use of the death penalty in Texas and, ultimately, end this arbitrary, irreversible, and unfair punishment.
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