Texas has carried the nation’s first execution of the year. Charles Thompson was condemned for gunning down his ex, Glenda Hayslip, and her new boyfriend Darren Cain in Tomball in April of 1998… Thompson’s original death sentence was overturned and a new punishment trial was held in November 2005. A jury again ordered him to die by lethal injection. In court filings, The Harris County district attorney said the victims families have waited over twenty-five years for justice to occur.