Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
Charles Victor Thompson was executed by lethal injection at the penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST, the state's Department of Criminal Justice told UPI in an emailed statement.
In his last statement, Thompson asked the families of his victims for forgiveness, while stating he hopes they can "begin to heal" and move on.
"There is no winners in this situation, it creates more victims and traumatizes more people 28 years later," he said.
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